Tornado History Map

Fayette County, Pennsylvania tornado history

20 tornadoes recorded in or across Fayette County from 1954 to 2025, 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 Fayette County

The Storm Prediction Center records 20 tornadoes whose paths touched Fayette County, Pennsylvania between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 13 July 1971. The most recent was on 16 March 2025.

  • 20tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 20injuries
  • 253per 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 Fayette County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0630%
F1 / EF1945%
F2 / EF2525%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Fayette County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 2020s.1950s11960s21970s11980s21990s42000s12010s22020s7

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s1
1960s2
1970s1
1980s2
1990s4
2000s1
2010s2
2020s7
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Jun.Jan0Feb1Mar2Apr1May2Jun6Jul3Aug2Sep1Oct1Nov1Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb1
Mar2
Apr1
May2
Jun6
Jul3
Aug2
Sep1
Oct1
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Fayette County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Pennsylvania tornado13 July 1971, F2, 4 injuries, 16 miles long
  • Most recent: Pennsylvania tornado16 March 2025, EF1, 7.7 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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