Strong Wind Risk in Pennsylvania

All Pennsylvania counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind score

Strong Wind risk — damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes — is rated for 67 of 67 Pennsylvania counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Montgomery County carries the state's highest strong wind score at 99.0, with $10M in expected annual strong wind losses.

20 Pennsylvania counties are rated High or Very High for strong wind, and expected annual losses from strong wind total roughly $97M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Strong Wind

#CountyStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Montgomery County
99.0
Very High 6.99 / yr $10M
2 Philadelphia County
97.9
High 7.04 / yr $4M
3 Berks County
97.9
High 6.22 / yr $5M
4 Delaware County
97.7
High 6.94 / yr $5M
5 Allegheny County
96.3
High 2.35 / yr $4M
6 Lehigh County
95.6
High 6.29 / yr $3M
7 Chester County
94.6
High 7.21 / yr $5M
8 Bucks County
94.5
High 7.03 / yr $3M
9 Erie County
93.7
High 1.35 / yr $2M
10 Dauphin County
93.2
High 4.75 / yr $3M
11 York County
92.9
High 6.84 / yr $3M
12 Cumberland County
92.9
High 5.12 / yr $3M
13 Lancaster County
91.9
High 6.71 / yr $2M
14 Schuylkill County
90.5
High 4.68 / yr $2M
15 Westmoreland County
90.2
High 2.41 / yr $2M
16 Huntingdon County
89.6
High 3.28 / yr $2M
17 Lebanon County
88.3
High 5.90 / yr $2M
18 Lycoming County
87.3
High 2.39 / yr $2M
19 Crawford County
86.2
High 1.75 / yr $1M
20 Northumberland County
84.5
High 3.60 / yr $1M
21 Union County
83.4
Medium 3.10 / yr $1M
22 Franklin County
83.1
Medium 5.34 / yr $2M
23 Clearfield County
82.9
Medium 2.28 / yr $1M
24 Northampton County
81.6
Medium 6.13 / yr $1M
25 Clinton County
81.5
Medium 2.34 / yr $1M
26 Monroe County
80.2
Medium 4.61 / yr $1M
27 Butler County
79.6
Medium 2.39 / yr $2M
28 Luzerne County
78.6
Medium 3.33 / yr $1M
29 Carbon County
78.5
Medium 4.35 / yr $1M
30 Warren County
78.4
Medium 1.75 / yr $1M
31 Beaver County
78.1
Medium 2.48 / yr $1M
32 Mifflin County
77.7
Medium 3.38 / yr $783K
33 Perry County
74.1
Medium 4.35 / yr $1M
34 Mercer County
74.0
Medium 2.28 / yr $981K
35 Cambria County
73.9
Medium 2.47 / yr $957K
36 Venango County
73.1
Medium 2.07 / yr $904K
37 Adams County
72.7
Medium 6.55 / yr $1M
38 Blair County
69.5
Medium 2.84 / yr $861K
39 Fayette County
66.1
Medium 2.27 / yr $675K
40 Snyder County
65.5
Medium 3.44 / yr $703K
41 Wayne County
64.5
Medium 2.07 / yr $755K
42 Pike County
62.5
Medium 4.14 / yr $757K
43 Somerset County
62.3
Medium 2.73 / yr $715K
44 Lackawanna County
62.0
Medium 2.71 / yr $671K
45 Columbia County
61.4
Medium 3.45 / yr $824K
46 Tioga County
55.2
Medium 1.81 / yr $558K
47 Centre County
53.8
Medium 2.62 / yr $570K
48 Potter County
53.3
Medium 1.91 / yr $503K
49 Bedford County
53.1
Medium 3.43 / yr $540K
50 Juniata County
50.6
Low 3.65 / yr $409K
51 Lawrence County
50.1
Low 2.44 / yr $533K
52 Jefferson County
48.0
Low 2.26 / yr $369K
53 Indiana County
47.5
Low 2.35 / yr $406K
54 Susquehanna County
45.9
Low 1.57 / yr $493K
55 Clarion County
44.4
Low 2.26 / yr $415K
56 McKean County
41.5
Low 1.86 / yr $364K
57 Elk County
37.9
Low 2.02 / yr $419K
58 Washington County
35.6
Low 2.23 / yr $408K
59 Fulton County
34.0
Low 3.92 / yr $336K
60 Greene County
33.0
Low 2.03 / yr $304K
61 Montour County
32.1
Low 2.83 / yr $291K
62 Armstrong County
30.9
Low 2.36 / yr $294K
63 Bradford County
27.8
Low 1.70 / yr $271K
64 Wyoming County
22.0
Low 2.30 / yr $191K
65 Forest County
19.4
Low 1.86 / yr $117K
66 Sullivan County
13.0
Very Low 2.09 / yr $84K
67 Cameron County
10.5
Very Low 2.15 / yr $59K

67 Pennsylvania counties with measurable strong wind risk. See the national strong wind ranking or all Pennsylvania counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Pennsylvania county has the highest strong wind risk?

Montgomery County has the highest FEMA strong wind risk score in Pennsylvania at 99.0 (Very High), with $10M in expected annual losses and about 6.99 events per year.

How many Pennsylvania counties face significant strong wind risk?

67 Pennsylvania counties record measurable strong wind risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 20 of them are rated High or Very High.

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