Bucks County, Pennsylvania tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Bucks County from 1950 to 2023, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Bucks County

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Bucks County, Pennsylvania between 1950 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is September, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 29 July 2021. The most recent was on 1 April 2023.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 20injuries
  • 513per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Bucks County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0310%
F1 / EF12271%
F2 / EF2516%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Bucks County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 2020s.1950s11960s21970s21980s61990s72000s12010s22020s10

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s2
1980s6
1990s7
2000s1
2010s2
2020s10
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Sep.Jan1Feb0Mar2Apr2May4Jun3Jul6Aug4Sep7Oct0Nov2Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan1
Feb0
Mar2
Apr2
May4
Jun3
Jul6
Aug4
Sep7
Oct0
Nov2
Dec0

Records for Bucks County

  • Strongest: Pennsylvania tornado29 July 2021, EF3, 3.4 miles long
  • Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado4 August 2020, EF2, 18 injuries, 20.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado1 April 2023, EF1, 3.9 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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