NOTE: In general, these records represent official observations only, which generally started in 1888, but include a few stations from earlier years. Before the Civil War, the popular press repeatedly noted major off-season snowfalls in excess of these posted records and prior to the opening of most official stations. No official records exist for the "year without a summer," 1816, or any of the years in that decade, also exceptionally cold.
* On July 17, 1942, a great flood developed over the Smethport area, resulting in an estimated 34.50" of rain--in just one day, including 30.60" in only six hours, setting a world record. The official observing site, Smethport Highway Shed, reported only 13.08" for the entire month, because the flood consumed the guage after 6.68" of rain. The total results from the substitution of the official estimated amount for the amount measured. In July 1947, portions of Erie suffered a twenty-inch one-day deluge, although the reporting site received substantially less precipitation. The most rainfall officially recorded in July at an official reporting site is 17.89" at Wild Creek Reservoir, Carbon County in 1945--also during that same decade.
January Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 85 °F January 22, 1906 Freeport Armstrong
Minimum Temperature -42 °F January 5, 1904 Smethport McKean
Maximum Precipitation 12.81" 1996 Laporte Sullivan
Minimum Precipitation 0.06" 1981 Everett Bedford
Maximum Snowfall 84.4" 1978 Ebensburg Sewage Plant Cambria
February Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 84 °F 1878-1887 State College Centre
83 °F February 11, 1932 Hyndman Bedford
Minimum Temperature -39 °F February 11, 1899 Lawrenceville Tioga
Maximum Precipitation 11.60" 1981 Tioga Hammond Dam Tioga
Minimum Precipitation trace 1968 Huntingdon Huntingdon
Hyndman Bedford
Maximum Snowfall 71.0" 1972 Ebensburg Sewage Plant Cambria
March Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 92 °F March 24, 1907 Everett Bedford
Minimum Temperature -31 °F March 18, 1916 West Bingham Potter
Maximum Precipitation 11.60" 1936 Galeton Potter
Minimum Precipitation 0.00 1910 Skidmore (New Castle) Lawrence
Maximum Snowfall 81.1" 1999 Mount Davis Somerset
April Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 98 °F April 25, 1915 Bloserville Cumberland
April 26, 1915 Punxsutawney Jefferson
April 19, 1976 Norristown Montgomery
April 23, 1976 Port Clinton Schuylkill
Minimum Temperature -5 °F April 1, 1923 Brookville Jefferson
Corry Erie
Saegertown Crawford
Maximum Precipitation 14.92" 1874 Ephrata Lancaster
Minimum Precipitation 0.19" 1950 Austinburg 2 W Tioga
Maximum Snowfall 38.5" 1928 Somerset Main Street Somerset
May Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 102 °F 1895 Lock Haven Clinton
May 27, 1941 Marcus Hook Delaware
Minimum Temperature 10 °F May 10, 1966 Clermont 4 NW McKean
Maximum Precipitation 15.02" 1894 Quakertown Bucks
Minimum Precipitation 0.06" 1964 Bethlehem Northampton
Maximum Snowfall 8.5" 1989 Bradford FAA Airport McKean
June Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 107 °F June 8, 1933 Sharon Mercer
Minimum Temperature 20 °F June 10, 1913 Somerset Somerset
Maximum Precipitation 20.45" 1972 York 3 SSW Pump Station York
Minimum Precipitation 0.02" 1966 Gettysburg Adams
Maximum Snowfall trace 1902 State College Centre
1907 Cassandra Cambria
Hanover York
Wilkes-Barre Luzerne
1918 Mount Pocono Monroe
1945 Coudersport Potter
Eagles Mere Sullivan
Gouldsboro Wayne
Hollisterville Wayne
Scranton Lackawanna
1950 Columbia Lancaster
Hanover York
Corry Erie
Greenville Mercer
Titusville 2 S Crawford
July Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 111 °F July 9, 1936 Phoenixville Chester
July 10, 1936
Minimum Temperature 28 °F July 9, 1963 Clermont McKean
Maximum Precipitation 40.90" 1942* Smethport McKean
Minimum Precipitation trace 1955 Middletown Olmstead Field Dauphin
Myerstown Lebanon
Maximum Snowfall 0.0"      
August Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 108 °F August 6, 1918 Claysville Washington
August 4, 1930 Carlisle Cumberland
Minimum Temperature 23 °F August 29, 1982 Clermont 4 NW McKean
Maximum Precipitation 23.66" 1955 Mount Pocono Monroe
Minimum Precipitation 0.01" 1995 Strausstown Berks
Maximum Snowfall 0.0"      
September Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 106 °F September 3, 1953 Stroudsburg Monroe
Minimum Temperature 17 °F September 28, 1947 Hawley 1 S Wallenpaupack Dam Wayne
Maximum Precipitation 16.13" 1999 Marcus Hook Delaware
Minimum Precipitation 0.00" 1917 Honesdale Wayne
1985 Loyalhanna Lake Indiana
Maximum Snowfall 1.0" 1993 Strongstown Indiana
October Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 100 °F October 5, 1941 Phoenixville Chester
Minimum Temperature 7 °F October 21, 1952 Coudersport Potter
Maximum Precipitation 16.37" 2005 Matamoras Pike
Minimum Precipitation 0.00" 1892 McConnellsburg Fulton
1924 Bethlehem Northampton
Centre Hall Centre
Hamburg Berks
Montrose Susquehanna
Renovo Clinton
Unity Reservoir Westmoreland
1963 Beavertown Snyder
Berne Berks
Breezewood Bedford
Chadds Ford Delaware
Huntingdon Huntingdon
Lebanon 4 WNW Lebanon
Virginville Berks
Maximum Snowfall 19.0" 1962 Corry Erie
November Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 88 °F November 3, 1961 Claysville 3 W Washington
Minimum Temperature -15 °F November 29, 1930 Somerset Somerset
Maximum Precipitation 13.93" 1985 Chalk Hill 2 ENE Fayette
Minimum Precipitation 0.12" 1917 Centre Hall Centre
Maximum Snowfall 60.5" 1933 Corry Erie
December Record Date Location County
Maximum Temperature 82 °F December 4, 1982 Washington 3N Washington
Minimum Temperature -29 °F December 25, 1980 Clermont 4 NW McKean
Maximum Precipitation 13.39" 1996 Joliett Schuylkill
Minimum Precipitation 0.05" 1877 Carlisle Cumberland
Maximum Snowfall 96.0" 1890 Blue Knob Blair