The Pennsylvania State Climatologist is a service to the Commonwealth by the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and Penn State.

Division Mean Precipitation and Departures from Normal

The precipitation data is reported in inches *Values since January 2011 are provisional

Year	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December
Mean	3.69	2.77	3.76	3.67	4.46	3.96	4.51	3.82	4.33	3.35	3.72	3.43
2024	-0.48	-0.95	2.19
2023								-1.73	0.52	-2.15	-1.94	3.52
2023	-1.08	-1.87	-1.97	-0.58	-3.49	-0.05	0.32	-1.73	0.52	-2.15	-1.94	3.52
2022	-1.50	-0.98	-2.27	1.13	0.71	-1.49	-2.55	-1.45	-1.23	0.71	-1.64	0.20
2021	-2.34	2.00	-1.01	-1.87	-1.02	-1.64	-0.29	2.72	1.11	-0.23	-2.77	-2.68
2020	-1.69	-0.86	-0.80	-0.42	-1.69	-1.42	-0.91	1.53	-2.13	-0.79	-0.94	0.59
2019	-0.40	-0.60	0.39	-0.70	1.67	0.83	0.64	-1.35	-3.18	0.47	-2.01	-0.37
2018	-2.07	1.53	-1.72	-0.88	-1.16	-1.77	0.78	0.57	0.19	-2.01	0.75	0.47
2017	-2.17	-1.77	-1.80	-1.85	-2.18	-1.97	-1.22	0.04	-2.54	-0.83	-2.71	-3.06
2016	-1.21	1.30	-2.31	-1.63	-0.54	-1.95	0.06	-1.50	-2.15	-2.46	-2.67	-1.21
2015	-0.86	-1.30	1.18	-1.36	-3.22	2.27	-0.61	3.57	-0.13	-0.01	-2.51	0.83
2014	-0.61	1.33	-0.80	0.70	1.79	-0.14	-0.06	-1.61	-2.37	0.15	-0.47	-0.19
2013	-0.14	-1.01	-1.59	-1.06	-1.55	2.91	0.43	0.53	-2.64	0.32	-1.37	0.75
2012	-1.23	-1.73	-2.31	-1.37	-0.02	-0.71	-1.15	0.12	0.76	2.48	-2.71	0.23
2011	-1.10	-0.04	1.46	1.76	-0.32	-1.18	-1.82	8.03	9.52	0.94	0.61	0.27
2010	-1.21	1.35	1.53	-1.14	-0.65	-1.32	1.48	-1.64	-0.27	3.88	-1.28	-0.49
2009	-1.41	-2.00	-2.22	0.29	1.07	1.59	-0.15	4.13	-0.15	2.53	-1.76	2.91
2008	-2.33	2.83	0.57	-0.54	0.23	-1.13	-0.05	-1.90	2.02	-0.46	-0.95	2.79
2007	-0.55	-0.05	0.66	3.58	-2.92	0.32	-0.10	0.94	-3.04	2.44	-0.68	1.79
2006	1.08	-0.50	-2.78	0.18	-1.91	7.22	0.47	-0.45	1.70	1.38	1.65	-1.20
2005	1.06	-0.62	0.43	1.61	-2.90	-1.00	1.64	-1.46	-3.38	6.83	-0.41	-0.11
2004	-1.63	-0.14	-1.71	1.51	-0.92	1.22	4.09	1.90	4.77	-0.97	0.85	0.48
2003	-1.65	2.11	0.47	-0.90	-0.38	4.06	-0.82	2.40	4.32	2.47	0.61	1.64
2002	-0.84	-2.23	0.40	-0.33	0.17	0.32	-3.27	-0.88	-0.22	3.56	0.62	1.85
2001	-0.83	-0.28	1.18	-1.42	-0.58	0.03	-1.65	-0.96	-0.52	-2.61	-2.66	-1.18
2000	-0.66	-0.41	2.32	-0.38	-0.14	0.82	-1.05	-0.16	1.74	-2.10	-1.56	0.76
1999	2.54	0.27	0.14	-0.42	-2.27	-2.22	-3.41	0.69	7.92	-0.34	-1.08	-0.46
1998	0.71	1.23	1.10	1.32	1.09	1.36	-1.67	-0.80	-2.63	0.28	-2.42	-2.59
1997	-0.68	-0.88	0.31	-1.83	-1.21	-1.51	-0.28	-0.31	-1.58	-1.17	0.04	-0.84
1996	2.73	-0.81	0.41	1.34	-0.74	1.39	3.19	-0.08	0.85	2.55	0.53	4.17
1995	0.00	-0.52	-1.31	-1.94	-0.51	-1.54	0.26	-2.68	-0.79	3.97	0.39	-1.05
1994	1.88	0.64	2.39	-0.72	-0.60	-0.67	2.31	1.80	-1.25	-2.03	0.25	-0.99
1993	-1.60	-0.04	3.35	2.89	-2.98	-1.27	-1.18	-0.01	2.84	0.16	0.27	1.36
1992	-1.99	-1.21	0.17	-1.99	-0.32	-0.77	0.47	-1.15	-0.19	-1.30	1.31	0.26
1991	-0.68	-1.60	0.22	-1.12	-1.67	-1.82	-0.03	0.25	-0.35	-0.87	-1.41	0.37
1990	1.22	-0.78	-1.70	-0.38	2.36	-1.07	-0.83	2.41	-2.28	0.24	-1.32	2.04
1989	-1.28	-0.02	-0.02	-1.81	4.89	2.21	3.19	-1.46	0.78	0.96	-1.46	-2.58
1988	-1.16	0.58	-1.61	-1.03	1.95	-3.04	3.09	-0.38	-1.64	-0.86	1.65	-2.42
1987	0.50	-1.61	-1.95	-0.03	-1.15	-1.62	-0.30	-0.09	2.86	-0.46	0.05	-1.60
1986	-0.14	0.77	-1.72	0.25	-2.83	-2.06	0.48	1.21	-2.24	-1.02	2.85	1.69
1985	-2.41	-0.28	-2.00	-2.84	0.90	-1.11	0.19	0.42	2.06	-1.56	2.40	-2.00
1984	-2.08	1.47	1.44	0.57	2.81	0.18	3.85	-0.93	-2.34	-0.06	-1.19	-1.18
1983	-0.72	0.48	2.02	4.89	0.97	-0.66	-3.45	-1.33	-2.21	1.78	2.59	4.43
1982	0.48	0.21	-1.48	2.05	-0.86	4.04	-1.56	-1.10	-1.42	-1.73	0.14	-1.53
1981	-3.20	1.47	-2.28	0.32	-0.13	0.42	-0.33	-1.13	-0.86	-0.08	-2.19	0.05
1980	-2.06	-1.95	2.38	1.06	-0.42	-0.81	-1.53	-1.95	-2.47	0.58	-0.43	-2.78
1979	5.89	2.55	-1.55	0.18	0.86	-0.60	0.01	0.26	3.30	1.86	-0.53	-1.62
1978	4.58	-1.38	0.64	-1.88	1.58	-0.73	0.57	2.18	-2.78	-1.43	-1.49	1.68
1977	-1.69	-1.21	1.69	1.18	-3.26	0.57	-1.92	1.84	-0.39	0.48	2.55	2.43
1976	1.45	-0.78	-1.62	-1.45	-0.37	-0.15	0.50	0.10	-1.08	2.86	-3.19	-1.51
1975	0.66	0.28	0.64	-0.18	0.29	4.19	4.00	-1.37	4.35	0.32	-0.52	-0.87
1974	-0.23	-1.17	0.62	-0.02	-0.45	0.29	-2.18	0.61	1.17	-1.51	-2.23	0.65
1973	0.27	0.15	-0.77	3.33	0.60	2.15	-1.88	-0.41	-0.26	-0.51	-2.70	4.09
1972	-1.21	1.98	-0.94	0.35	0.18	6.47	-1.30	-2.05	-2.99	0.42	4.71	2.24
1971	-1.10	2.68	-1.00	-1.64	1.29	-2.55	0.64	5.48	1.79	0.61	1.41	-2.07
1970	-2.80	-0.39	-0.02	1.70	-2.09	0.98	0.66	0.14	-2.86	0.56	1.79	-0.30
1969	-2.34	-1.31	-1.58	-1.14	-1.99	0.80	4.46	-0.83	-0.60	-2.03	-1.26	2.94
1968	-1.37	-1.88	0.35	-1.52	1.98	1.53	-2.38	-1.76	-1.56	-0.11	0.19	-0.72
1967	-1.99	-0.85	1.28	-0.97	-0.45	-1.15	1.80	3.42	-2.33	-0.76	-1.33	1.88
1966	0.25	1.17	-2.08	0.01	-1.38	-3.18	-1.77	-1.82	2.34	0.48	-0.91	0.54
1965	-1.19	0.12	-0.80	-1.79	-2.68	-2.04	-0.29	0.10	-1.23	-0.75	-2.12	-1.96
1964	0.58	0.30	-1.74	2.26	-3.46	-2.06	-0.16	-2.71	-1.45	-1.51	-1.52	1.28
1963	-1.55	-0.69	0.17	-2.85	-2.57	-1.14	-2.03	-0.60	0.78	-3.26	3.06	-1.55
1962	-1.22	1.16	-0.42	0.33	-2.53	-0.06	-3.29	1.07	-0.77	-1.04	1.19	-0.87
1961	-0.81	0.30	0.78	1.80	-1.48	-0.79	2.37	-0.21	-2.55	-1.65	-0.95	-0.26
1960	-0.54	0.96	-1.88	-0.22	1.13	-1.40	1.55	-0.37	4.26	-1.24	-1.56	-0.83
1959	-1.42	-0.90	-0.52	-0.77	-3.05	0.43	0.39	1.44	-1.60	1.06	-0.41	0.54
1958	0.52	1.34	1.50	1.24	-0.89	-0.51	1.99	0.68	-0.91	0.26	-0.43	-2.20
1957	-2.00	-0.06	-1.04	1.25	-3.04	-1.11	-3.15	-2.36	-1.00	-1.13	-0.29	2.27
1956	-1.30	1.54	1.28	-0.79	-1.69	0.12	0.51	-0.66	-0.73	0.10	0.56	0.26
1955	-3.16	-0.09	1.16	-1.23	-2.86	0.65	-3.40	8.72	-2.32	1.92	-2.24	-3.18
1954	-1.90	-1.33	0.21	-0.29	-1.19	-2.32	-2.97	2.61	-1.87	-0.34	0.17	-0.52
1953	1.64	-0.28	2.22	1.07	2.71	-0.36	-0.79	-1.92	-1.20	0.28	-1.33	1.23
1952	1.16	-0.90	1.20	3.73	1.10	-1.62	0.71	0.83	0.71	-2.34	1.78	0.72
1951	-0.21	0.98	0.23	-0.99	-1.47	1.04	-1.65	-1.88	-1.84	-0.24	2.69	1.64
1950	-1.59	1.07	1.21	-1.88	0.14	-1.51	0.03	0.77	-0.64	-0.78	1.72	0.05
1949	2.19	0.47	-1.74	-0.12	-0.09	-3.36	1.59	-0.74	-1.05	-0.49	-2.50	-0.01
1948	0.58	-0.40	-0.22	0.13	3.35	0.83	-1.06	0.95	-2.22	-1.17	0.92	1.64
1947	-0.13	-0.84	-1.56	-0.28	2.75	0.15	0.03	-0.26	-1.65	-1.60	2.37	-1.78
1946	-2.38	-0.61	-0.44	-2.55	2.50	3.21	0.52	0.63	-1.49	-0.96	-2.58	-1.04
1945	-0.24	-0.06	-1.71	0.11	0.45	0.78	4.05	0.38	1.11	-1.43	1.67	0.81
1944	-0.72	-0.88	1.91	1.44	-1.89	0.29	-3.37	-1.10	1.47	-1.01	0.67	0.00
1943	-0.99	-1.02	-0.84	-0.68	1.50	-0.28	-0.94	-2.30	-3.60	3.89	-0.07	-2.20
1942	-1.31	-0.35	1.11	-2.22	0.00	-0.24	1.46	4.20	-0.86	0.84	-0.39	1.37
1941	-0.67	-0.88	-1.12	-1.40	-2.90	0.38	1.90	-0.43	-3.67	-1.79	-1.04	0.40
1940	-2.25	0.10	1.55	2.47	0.06	-1.40	-1.43	1.90	-0.11	-0.86	0.89	-0.49
1939	-0.04	2.70	-0.21	1.23	-3.08	0.35	-2.11	2.46	-2.20	1.23	-2.86	-1.42
1938	-1.06	-0.53	-1.48	-1.51	-1.08	3.92	3.12	0.00	2.31	-0.83	-0.54	-0.43
1937	2.02	-0.39	-1.57	0.75	-1.32	0.23	-1.06	2.49	-3.17	2.66	-0.29	-2.09
1936	2.77	0.31	2.02	-0.72	-2.45	0.99	-1.83	0.85	-1.93	-0.63	-2.71	2.23
1935	-0.14	-0.27	-1.32	-0.54	-2.61	0.52	0.92	-0.84	1.25	-0.05	1.48	-1.41
1934	-0.59	-0.70	-0.19	-0.36	-0.19	-0.07	-0.32	0.42	3.95	-1.76	-0.09	-0.63
1933	-1.67	0.15	1.55	1.43	1.17	-0.99	1.30	7.71	0.07	-1.41	-2.89	-1.14
1932	0.70	-1.15	2.36	-1.69	-0.74	-0.62	-1.85	-0.22	-2.81	3.09	2.93	-0.80
1931	-1.72	-1.01	0.06	-1.29	-0.36	0.12	2.43	1.28	-2.50	-1.06	-2.90	-1.43
1930	-1.51	-0.25	-1.39	-1.18	-2.44	0.33	-1.77	-1.84	-2.75	-2.09	-1.66	-1.00
1929	-0.63	0.74	-1.02	2.75	-1.21	-0.98	-3.04	-1.89	-0.26	1.34	-1.35	-0.84
1928	-1.71	0.78	-0.93	1.55	-2.61	3.18	1.38	2.29	-0.43	-2.51	-2.23	-2.41
1927	-2.03	0.29	-2.41	-0.22	-1.39	-0.76	0.52	3.02	-2.44	3.95	-1.02	0.46
1926	-1.20	1.42	-1.93	-1.79	-2.97	-1.27	-0.18	1.86	0.35	-0.10	0.51	-0.59
1925	0.44	-1.08	-1.08	-1.57	-2.31	-1.21	1.92	-2.24	-2.49	0.56	-0.85	-1.20
1924	0.53	0.81	-0.85	2.00	1.37	0.71	-2.09	0.12	1.58	-3.00	-2.24	-1.48
1923	1.01	-0.48	-0.39	-0.13	-2.57	-2.25	-0.68	-2.07	-0.88	-0.15	-1.51	0.21
1922	-1.05	-0.23	0.54	-1.46	-1.29	1.95	0.54	-0.61	-2.60	-1.66	-3.13	-0.23
1921	-1.53	0.44	-1.47	-0.33	0.09	-0.98	-0.72	-0.40	-0.73	-2.44	0.35	-1.40
1920	-1.79	0.71	-0.65	1.24	-2.77	1.91	0.45	1.32	-0.70	-1.96	-0.36	0.93
1919	-0.77	0.05	0.42	-0.75	0.62	-0.83	2.88	1.89	-1.92	-0.52	0.09	-0.99
1918	0.11	-1.03	-1.45	1.21	-0.24	-0.71	-1.08	-1.76	-0.96	-2.07	-2.21	0.11
1917	-0.84	-1.22	0.71	-1.39	-1.68	0.63	0.36	-0.32	-1.78	2.82	-3.32	-1.02
1916	-2.84	0.68	-0.16	-0.27	-1.38	0.76	0.70	-2.77	-1.07	-1.83	-1.89	0.21
1915	2.88	2.09	-2.94	-1.70	-0.95	-0.68	0.09	3.54	-2.60	-0.87	-2.31	0.72
1914	0.31	-0.12	-0.94	0.17	-2.11	-1.06	0.26	-1.08	-3.75	-1.77	-1.72	1.07
1913	-0.69	-0.86	0.69	1.54	-1.07	-2.30	-1.84	-0.65	-0.98	2.80	-1.63	-0.86
1912	-1.62	-0.59	2.96	-0.39	-0.95	-1.85	-0.19	-0.38	1.42	-0.68	-1.36	0.43
1911	-0.82	-0.49	-1.01	-0.06	-3.54	1.19	-1.49	4.49	-0.72	0.88	0.11	-0.23
1910	1.23	0.05	-3.12	2.34	-1.91	0.97	-3.21	-0.73	-1.46	-1.04	-1.06	-1.24
1909	-0.88	1.74	-0.51	1.31	-1.88	-0.71	-3.03	-0.69	-1.37	-2.02	-2.46	0.23
1908	-0.33	1.74	-0.57	-1.38	1.81	-1.94	0.03	0.29	-2.14	-0.93	-3.11	-0.64
1907	-0.65	-0.45	-0.73	-0.08	-0.59	0.48	-1.77	-1.04	2.97	-0.17	1.15	0.80
1906	-1.34	-0.68	0.95	0.04	-1.59	0.97	0.24	1.60	-2.64	1.18	-2.78	0.10
1905	0.25	-0.70	-0.04	-0.96	-2.64	-0.58	0.46	1.36	-0.84	-0.71	-2.19	-0.21
1904	-0.56	-0.79	-0.67	-0.49	-1.95	-0.66	0.17	1.79	-0.30	-0.04	-2.03	-1.02
1903	0.20	1.78	1.16	0.36	-3.26	3.55	1.14	2.71	-1.76	3.12	-2.62	-0.57
1902	-0.68	2.69	0.39	-0.56	-2.97	2.38	0.34	-0.67	1.08	2.70	-1.77	2.77
1901	-1.47	-2.16	0.48	2.52	0.29	-2.48	0.70	4.66	-1.04	-1.79	-1.33	3.27
1900	-0.68	2.20	-0.33	-1.71	-1.77	-0.99	-0.14	-0.90	-1.70	-0.51	-0.95	-1.31
1899	-0.42	2.73	1.81	-2.12	-1.76	-1.51	-0.07	0.11	1.31	-1.24	-1.59	-1.48

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