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	2.56	2.38	3.20	3.31	3.78	4.85	4.11	3.80	3.93	3.02	3.46	2.79
2024	0.14	-0.45	0.10
2023								-0.81	-1.92	-0.72	-2.21	-0.05
2023	0.03	-1.02	-1.16	-1.46	-2.42	-1.95	0.45	-0.81	-1.92	-0.72	-2.21	-0.05
2022	-1.22	0.83	-1.68	-0.81	-0.65	-3.18	-2.27	-0.66	-0.17	-1.62	-0.52	-0.69
2021	-1.70	-0.66	-1.20	-1.15	-0.49	-2.61	-0.11	-0.08	-0.54	0.05	-2.39	-0.90
2020	-1.18	0.17	0.41	0.05	-1.06	-2.75	-2.31	-2.47	-2.59	-1.18	-1.12	-0.75
2019	-0.13	-0.28	-1.64	0.46	1.54	-0.19	-0.63	-1.81	-2.15	0.01	-2.08	-0.23
2018	-0.47	0.74	-1.53	-1.13	-1.53	-3.02	-1.50	-2.30	-0.47	-0.98	-1.66	0.02
2017	-0.97	-1.35	-1.45	-1.94	-1.21	-3.11	-2.22	-2.57	-3.32	-1.01	-2.56	-2.37
2016	-1.34	0.22	-1.46	-1.30	-1.04	-2.22	-2.28	-0.03	-2.00	-1.03	-3.00	-1.09
2015	-0.64	-1.13	-0.85	0.82	-1.87	1.54	0.73	-1.30	0.15	0.07	-2.04	0.42
2014	-1.17	0.07	-1.20	-0.53	0.97	-0.48	-0.30	1.10	-2.36	-0.34	-1.83	-0.31
2013	-0.39	-0.89	-1.80	-0.57	-1.68	0.15	-0.21	-1.73	-1.96	-0.55	-0.50	0.46
2012	0.32	-1.05	-0.71	-1.89	0.65	-1.83	-0.98	-0.81	-0.17	0.36	-2.79	1.56
2011	-0.99	1.90	2.48	4.23	1.30	-1.95	-2.35	1.88	1.61	0.37	-0.69	0.38
2010	0.67	-0.69	0.35	-1.44	0.19	-1.24	0.21	-0.33	-1.22	2.33	-0.33	1.48
2009	-0.19	-0.80	-1.25	-0.33	0.07	-0.98	1.25	0.94	-1.19	1.42	-2.19	1.41
2008	-0.84	1.90	2.90	-0.14	0.04	-1.11	-0.68	-1.10	-0.67	-0.77	-1.24	1.93
2007	4.13	-0.43	0.72	0.66	-1.45	-1.45	-1.23	1.49	-2.07	-0.71	1.06	1.61
2006	1.48	-1.00	-1.76	-0.29	-1.06	1.61	1.37	1.69	0.82	2.50	-0.21	-0.93
2005	2.81	0.27	-0.31	-1.01	-1.92	-2.59	-0.95	-0.08	-2.40	2.24	1.57	-0.71
2004	1.06	-0.06	-0.33	1.60	1.62	-1.30	4.94	1.32	5.54	-0.68	-0.47	0.43
2003	-0.22	0.53	-0.27	-0.88	0.93	-0.42	2.53	2.16	3.84	0.31	1.30	1.23
2002	-0.79	-0.70	0.57	0.29	2.86	1.04	-2.14	-1.47	-0.31	1.22	-0.70	0.43
2001	-1.23	-1.22	1.11	-1.00	-1.16	-0.71	-1.70	-0.74	0.75	-0.22	-1.37	-0.29
2000	-0.89	0.17	-0.51	1.57	0.10	1.28	-2.36	-0.08	-0.95	0.09	-1.45	-0.71
1999	3.11	-1.12	-0.26	0.84	-2.15	-2.12	-1.52	-0.56	1.16	-1.19	0.40	-0.82
1998	1.19	0.52	-0.31	3.27	0.09	-0.31	-1.85	-1.04	-2.00	-0.13	-2.51	-1.08
1997	-0.54	-0.24	1.01	-1.87	-0.28	-1.57	-1.20	2.03	0.25	-2.09	2.88	-0.61
1996	2.90	0.23	0.26	0.78	0.39	-0.10	0.61	-1.03	5.45	1.83	0.32	1.58
1995	0.21	-0.63	-2.11	-1.03	0.37	1.40	-1.23	-2.42	-2.18	2.99	0.46	-0.73
1994	1.01	0.26	2.38	0.39	-0.28	0.52	0.28	4.84	-1.02	-2.04	1.35	-0.08
1993	0.06	-0.28	1.85	4.33	-2.38	-1.59	-0.80	-0.73	2.22	-0.09	1.99	-0.29
1992	-0.96	-0.88	0.55	-0.29	-1.08	-2.74	5.45	1.00	0.21	-1.25	0.83	1.05
1991	-0.20	-0.88	1.06	0.02	-1.56	-3.26	-0.99	-0.93	-0.48	-1.39	-0.95	0.20
1990	0.60	0.54	-1.44	-0.06	1.61	-0.79	1.73	1.56	-0.09	2.91	-1.21	3.08
1989	-0.92	-0.14	1.02	-2.04	3.15	2.85	-0.59	-2.33	-0.19	0.22	-0.43	-1.74
1988	-1.25	0.74	-1.15	-0.94	0.77	-3.84	-0.01	0.77	-0.70	-1.00	0.01	-1.37
1987	-0.11	-1.77	-0.87	0.88	-0.29	0.65	-0.04	0.97	0.97	-0.51	-1.26	-0.66
1986	-0.59	0.76	-0.73	-0.45	-1.57	0.11	1.17	-0.35	-1.02	0.25	1.76	-0.29
1985	-1.60	-0.76	1.42	-2.08	-0.23	-1.34	-1.05	0.37	-1.21	-1.09	4.08	-0.93
1984	-1.34	1.59	-0.08	-0.24	2.42	1.66	0.23	2.39	-2.84	-0.26	0.15	0.99
1983	-1.35	-1.01	0.11	1.81	1.25	0.65	-1.68	-0.57	-1.62	0.44	0.70	1.49
1982	0.62	0.08	-0.71	-1.24	1.15	1.57	-0.45	-1.12	-1.12	-1.88	0.04	-1.32
1981	-2.07	2.47	-2.17	1.10	-0.79	1.74	1.73	-1.90	-0.32	2.44	-2.12	-1.06
1980	-1.75	-1.53	1.37	0.74	-1.18	-1.06	-0.25	-0.40	-2.11	0.34	-0.93	-1.65
1979	2.25	0.14	-0.15	-0.18	0.07	-2.16	0.44	1.46	1.03	0.89	0.49	-0.90
1978	2.54	-1.58	-1.42	-0.83	1.86	-1.35	-1.63	0.88	-0.38	-0.19	-1.89	1.19
1977	-1.37	-0.93	1.33	0.37	-2.34	0.25	2.55	0.01	1.65	1.47	0.90	1.16
1976	0.25	0.14	-0.50	-1.62	-0.25	1.68	0.17	0.12	0.16	2.73	-2.74	-1.22
1975	0.11	1.21	-0.28	-1.40	0.86	1.62	-0.47	1.47	4.25	-0.40	-0.86	0.50
1974	0.61	-0.93	2.51	-0.94	0.31	0.13	0.95	0.06	0.90	-1.83	-0.67	1.11
1973	-0.22	0.38	-0.47	0.80	0.44	0.03	0.22	-0.49	0.05	0.82	-0.26	1.09
1972	-0.10	1.26	-0.95	0.78	0.36	8.08	0.10	-2.10	-0.84	-1.10	2.18	1.21
1971	-0.12	2.10	-0.76	-2.53	-0.94	-2.09	0.49	-1.81	0.82	-0.94	-1.13	0.76
1970	-1.47	0.73	-0.70	1.07	0.02	-0.84	1.06	1.09	-1.40	1.62	1.71	0.44
1969	-0.88	-1.75	-2.01	0.37	-0.75	-0.61	1.88	-0.39	-2.22	-0.43	-0.07	1.30
1968	-0.76	-1.84	-0.48	-1.88	2.77	-0.42	-1.54	-1.23	-0.30	-0.37	0.51	0.31
1967	-1.44	-0.39	1.80	-0.09	0.66	-2.77	1.36	0.82	0.55	0.32	-0.80	-0.45
1966	0.57	0.88	-0.97	0.04	0.41	-4.17	-1.38	-1.22	0.95	-1.38	1.02	-1.07
1965	1.07	-0.26	1.06	-0.60	-0.98	-2.71	-1.92	0.32	-0.91	0.34	-1.21	-1.75
1964	0.74	-0.30	1.37	1.99	-2.94	-1.73	-0.78	0.26	-3.06	-1.91	-1.67	0.26
1963	-1.15	-1.01	0.22	-1.55	-0.30	-2.42	-0.71	-1.03	-0.77	-2.89	1.27	-0.91
1962	0.06	0.68	-0.13	0.79	-1.73	-2.34	-2.47	-0.74	0.96	-0.18	-1.93	-0.86
1961	-0.76	1.10	0.27	1.64	-1.08	-0.36	0.57	0.00	-2.08	-0.89	-0.42	-1.02
1960	0.07	1.26	-1.08	-1.38	3.54	-1.82	0.80	-2.16	-0.06	-1.59	-1.68	-1.24
1959	0.95	0.21	-0.25	1.20	-1.34	-1.48	-0.07	0.94	-2.98	3.69	0.77	-0.18
1958	0.85	-0.41	-0.63	0.28	0.16	-0.58	2.87	0.84	0.06	-1.50	-0.52	-1.66
1957	-0.54	-0.39	-0.51	2.30	-1.71	0.18	-1.59	-1.92	-0.66	-0.91	-1.65	1.59
1956	-1.11	2.38	1.04	-0.15	1.34	-0.21	1.94	4.27	-0.81	-0.11	-1.00	1.16
1955	-1.20	0.08	1.72	-0.13	-2.40	-1.12	-1.02	1.93	-1.19	3.04	-0.41	-2.20
1954	-0.39	-0.32	1.80	0.99	-1.02	-1.22	-0.80	0.33	-1.47	2.36	-1.22	0.91
1953	0.96	-0.33	1.00	0.41	5.38	-2.10	-0.48	-1.07	-0.78	-1.67	-0.64	-0.40
1952	2.14	0.19	1.03	1.35	1.82	-3.39	-0.42	0.42	-0.97	-1.38	0.27	-0.25
1951	1.19	0.74	1.79	0.27	-1.15	0.71	-0.93	-2.32	-1.67	-1.47	0.45	1.97
1950	2.50	1.16	1.38	-0.78	-0.34	-1.88	0.94	-0.15	-1.41	1.36	4.78	0.79
1949	0.85	0.18	-1.34	0.23	0.03	-3.26	-0.50	-0.08	-0.93	-0.77	-1.72	0.54
1948	0.38	-0.13	0.68	3.36	0.50	-0.06	0.20	-0.35	-2.84	0.02	1.14	1.49
1947	0.87	-1.40	-0.95	0.53	1.68	-0.55	0.81	-0.12	-1.59	-1.97	0.68	-1.41
1946	-1.21	0.46	0.14	-2.38	3.83	1.65	0.13	0.32	0.33	1.18	-2.30	-0.56
1945	-0.14	0.32	1.57	1.44	2.14	-0.93	0.16	-1.09	3.15	0.17	2.47	-0.44
1944	-0.62	-0.49	1.03	0.36	2.32	0.25	-1.89	-1.53	-0.19	-0.02	-1.31	1.30
1943	0.08	-0.59	-0.62	2.16	2.27	-1.15	0.17	-0.63	-3.07	1.66	-0.45	-1.50
1942	-0.91	0.10	2.02	-1.11	1.37	-1.78	2.70	-0.61	0.17	0.59	-0.09	2.59
1941	-0.14	-1.99	-1.11	-1.22	-1.95	-0.15	0.77	1.36	-2.50	0.04	-1.25	0.49
1940	-1.14	0.88	1.61	1.26	0.04	-0.84	-0.43	-1.11	0.24	-1.80	0.30	0.37
1939	0.56	1.70	0.48	-0.62	-1.64	-0.86	-1.31	-2.05	0.15	1.02	-2.43	-1.01
1938	-0.03	0.48	0.15	-0.45	0.43	-0.49	-0.51	-1.70	-0.74	-1.59	-0.73	-0.79
1937	3.23	-0.28	-1.71	2.81	0.01	-1.54	0.52	2.10	-2.58	3.01	-1.29	0.76
1936	0.85	-1.00	5.38	-0.69	-1.44	-0.78	-1.47	1.88	-1.65	1.24	-0.57	0.73
1935	0.06	0.52	-0.56	-1.36	-0.01	-0.84	1.86	-1.40	-1.31	-0.79	-0.17	0.40
1934	0.07	-1.30	-0.40	-0.51	-2.34	-1.41	-0.04	0.73	1.61	-1.41	0.36	-0.75
1933	-0.75	-0.51	2.00	0.87	2.54	-1.98	-0.14	2.09	0.28	-0.99	-1.50	0.06
1932	1.86	-0.95	0.51	-1.26	0.38	-1.76	-0.16	-0.58	-2.66	1.59	0.36	-0.94
1931	-1.35	-0.51	-0.99	0.78	4.39	-2.15	2.30	0.69	-1.06	-1.79	-1.66	0.25
1930	-0.84	-0.11	-0.57	-1.32	-0.73	-1.12	-1.92	-2.89	-1.62	-2.24	-2.65	-0.95
1929	0.09	0.00	-1.14	1.39	0.35	-2.08	-1.33	-1.60	-0.67	1.91	-0.66	-0.89
1928	-0.96	0.49	-0.35	1.54	-2.08	2.18	0.64	-0.24	-1.89	-1.20	-1.72	-1.99
1927	0.09	0.66	-0.63	-0.69	-0.18	-1.82	0.24	-1.15	-2.06	2.25	0.80	0.82
1926	-0.33	1.04	-1.87	-2.07	-2.43	-1.77	-1.15	0.47	0.97	1.11	0.08	-0.90
1925	-0.03	-0.41	-1.49	-1.42	-0.57	-2.41	0.60	-1.61	-1.71	1.25	-0.75	-1.78
1924	0.79	-0.03	-0.62	-0.59	0.56	-0.16	-1.01	-0.39	1.90	-2.78	-2.51	-1.17
1923	0.66	-0.58	-1.43	-1.21	-0.34	-2.85	-0.62	-1.25	-0.79	-1.11	-1.19	1.89
1922	-1.02	-0.83	0.42	-0.76	-1.98	-0.54	-1.28	-0.76	-3.02	-0.63	-2.60	-0.92
1921	-0.48	-0.32	-0.37	-1.21	-1.28	-2.37	-0.54	-0.70	0.44	-0.80	1.48	-0.48
1920	-0.38	-0.44	-0.95	-0.46	-2.33	-0.84	-0.39	-0.27	-0.24	-1.52	-0.67	-0.80
1919	-0.64	-0.67	-0.54	-1.46	1.45	-1.55	0.40	1.06	-2.25	1.42	1.45	-0.56
1918	0.06	-0.20	-1.38	0.11	0.48	-1.98	-1.38	-0.08	-0.51	0.20	-1.96	-0.19
1917	0.45	-1.18	-0.31	-2.03	-1.19	-0.15	-0.74	3.24	-1.82	2.62	-3.19	-1.76
1916	-0.13	0.19	0.49	-0.50	-1.49	0.57	-0.57	-1.43	-0.36	-0.90	-1.85	-0.56
1915	1.35	0.64	-2.09	-1.77	-0.13	-1.66	0.81	1.40	-2.05	-0.65	-1.78	0.32
1914	-0.22	-0.02	-1.31	0.49	-0.81	-1.70	-0.49	-0.49	-3.08	-0.89	-2.50	1.28
1913	1.83	-0.87	1.08	-0.83	-0.46	-3.14	-0.39	-2.02	-0.84	1.39	-1.07	-0.64
1912	-1.07	-0.52	0.69	0.38	-1.85	-2.11	0.21	0.62	1.24	-0.63	-1.95	-0.34
1911	0.43	-0.51	-1.24	-0.20	-1.99	-0.90	-1.56	1.88	1.07	1.09	-1.79	-0.24
1910	1.85	0.74	-2.80	0.06	-1.10	-1.46	-1.95	-1.70	0.36	-1.42	-1.74	-0.54
1909	-0.24	1.86	-0.70	1.35	-1.62	-1.35	-1.99	-2.60	-2.07	-0.87	-2.64	-0.04
1908	-0.65	1.63	1.34	-0.08	1.35	-3.07	-0.10	-1.71	-2.42	-1.48	-2.98	-0.44
1907	1.26	-0.93	0.93	-1.77	-1.74	-0.78	-0.85	-1.79	1.78	-0.27	-1.19	0.71
1906	-0.50	-0.98	0.82	-1.22	-1.19	-0.21	-0.55	0.67	-1.70	0.88	-2.50	0.59
1905	0.16	-0.93	0.32	-1.18	-1.76	-1.24	-0.36	1.11	-0.98	0.94	-1.42	0.20
1904	0.19	-0.23	0.89	-0.75	-0.37	-1.46	-0.15	-0.85	-1.01	-0.62	-2.91	-1.00
1903	-0.24	1.59	0.73	-0.82	-2.50	0.96	0.38	0.21	-1.98	0.54	-1.54	-0.74
1902	-0.46	0.63	0.15	-0.12	-2.52	0.02	1.42	-1.93	-0.13	0.58	-2.90	1.69
1901	-0.88	-1.57	0.47	0.84	0.85	-2.13	-0.96	1.56	-0.90	-1.98	-1.61	1.79
1900	-0.57	0.98	0.01	-2.38	-1.77	-2.06	0.27	-1.21	-2.65	-0.67	-0.07	-1.28
1899	-0.18	0.81	0.60	-1.99	-0.42	-1.94	-0.71	-0.52	0.18	-1.77	-1.30	-0.18

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