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	2.98	2.66	3.57	3.62	4.16	4.13	4.07	3.41	3.72	3.14	3.55	2.92
2024	-1.22	-0.19	-0.07	4.26	1.58	-1.56	-0.85	3.27	-1.56	-1.89	-0.74	0.39
2023								-1.15	-2.37	-1.34	-2.03	-0.44
2023	-1.16	-1.63	-1.71	-2.00	-3.20	-1.51	-0.83	-1.15	-2.37	-1.34	-2.03	-0.44
2022	-1.63	-0.36	-2.54	-1.82	-1.06	-1.21	-2.31	-0.88	-1.26	-2.22	-1.38	-0.86
2021	-2.13	-0.76	-1.51	-1.59	-1.03	-1.84	-1.52	1.46	1.28	-0.85	-3.00	-1.31
2020	-1.04	-0.78	-0.12	-0.38	-2.34	-2.40	-1.77	-0.96	-1.90	-0.37	-1.46	-0.77
2019	-0.86	-0.44	-2.24	-1.14	0.94	-1.52	-0.95	-1.35	-2.40	-0.82	-2.38	-0.52
2018	-2.16	1.05	-2.05	-1.22	-1.66	-0.99	-0.39	-1.34	0.12	-1.11	-1.10	-0.58
2017	-1.42	-1.54	-1.88	-2.22	-1.55	-1.50	-1.25	-1.23	-3.09	-0.87	-2.85	-2.58
2016	-1.16	-0.94	-2.48	-2.34	-0.96	-1.19	-2.01	-0.11	-1.61	-2.11	-3.12	-1.32
2015	-1.21	-1.75	-0.95	-0.59	-2.24	2.76	-0.02	-1.94	-0.68	-0.61	-2.62	-0.25
2014	-2.08	-0.28	-1.96	-1.13	-0.31	0.65	-0.66	-0.61	-2.93	-0.57	0.27	-1.00
2013	-0.77	-1.42	-2.00	-1.70	-2.18	0.01	-1.59	-0.40	-2.24	-0.71	-1.08	-0.12
2012	-0.45	-1.78	-1.02	-2.59	0.62	-2.39	-0.31	-1.05	0.25	1.06	-3.13	0.54
2011	-1.64	0.90	1.78	1.98	1.06	-1.96	-1.64	1.80	8.71	1.91	-0.65	0.01
2010	-0.06	0.42	0.42	-1.04	0.84	-1.21	0.29	-0.70	-0.55	1.17	0.46	0.29
2009	-0.58	-1.63	-2.04	-0.51	1.08	0.20	-0.31	-0.41	-1.23	2.22	-1.92	2.17
2008	-1.01	1.27	1.16	0.04	0.91	-0.64	-1.19	-0.64	-0.04	-1.42	-1.49	3.26
2007	-0.10	-0.75	0.29	0.44	-2.75	-0.54	-1.34	4.82	-1.58	-0.53	-0.09	1.53
2006	1.18	-1.31	-2.41	-0.49	-1.45	1.51	0.04	-0.48	0.43	1.22	-0.02	-1.08
2005	2.10	-0.45	0.08	-1.91	-2.22	-2.29	-0.43	-0.59	-2.65	2.15	0.43	-0.70
2004	1.02	-0.13	-0.77	2.54	0.58	-0.12	2.37	0.89	6.29	-0.94	-0.12	-0.30
2003	-0.58	1.10	-0.94	-0.83	1.99	1.40	-0.70	3.64	3.16	-0.11	0.48	0.73
2002	-1.60	-1.84	0.29	0.79	1.31	0.38	-2.15	-0.86	0.45	1.90	-0.69	0.08
2001	-1.38	-1.86	-0.38	-0.40	-1.74	-0.73	-1.49	-0.40	-0.72	-1.63	-1.64	-0.82
2000	-1.69	0.02	-0.99	0.74	0.82	-0.02	-1.45	-0.34	-0.47	-0.65	-1.38	-0.91
1999	2.24	-1.47	0.24	1.96	-2.55	-1.44	-1.92	1.24	0.21	-0.90	0.01	-1.11
1998	0.41	1.57	-1.07	2.78	0.22	0.53	-1.16	-0.79	-1.74	-0.98	-2.96	-2.11
1997	-0.93	-0.75	0.74	-2.55	0.88	-0.70	-1.69	1.29	0.29	-1.74	6.06	-0.83
1996	2.98	-0.03	0.71	-0.80	0.83	0.54	2.88	-0.51	5.84	0.95	-0.25	1.44
1995	-0.21	-0.91	-2.48	-1.34	-0.01	2.12	-1.19	-2.03	-1.97	2.87	0.37	-0.86
1994	1.75	1.16	2.72	-1.01	-0.35	-2.09	-0.64	3.31	-1.02	-2.14	0.96	-0.25
1993	-0.88	-0.30	2.15	4.65	-2.08	-1.13	-0.11	-0.85	1.77	-0.70	1.80	-0.26
1992	-0.90	-0.50	0.52	-1.18	-1.37	-1.96	0.97	-0.34	-0.28	-2.21	0.18	1.15
1991	-0.67	-0.66	1.04	-0.55	-2.54	-1.85	-0.94	-1.40	-1.45	-1.71	-0.52	0.37
1990	0.53	-0.26	-2.25	-0.54	1.17	-1.19	1.37	0.59	0.60	2.50	-1.71	3.06
1989	-0.36	0.19	1.93	-2.09	2.47	2.61	3.23	-1.98	-0.42	0.51	-1.17	-1.64
1988	-0.96	0.24	-0.31	-1.19	0.96	-2.29	0.17	0.17	0.86	-1.65	0.43	-1.18
1987	0.14	-1.87	-1.20	1.91	-0.52	-0.56	-0.74	1.40	1.32	-1.31	-0.94	-0.49
1986	-1.12	1.45	-0.58	-0.96	-1.56	-0.67	0.22	-1.51	-0.99	0.69	1.91	0.26
1985	-0.49	-0.17	2.16	-1.75	1.14	-1.07	0.45	-1.16	-2.74	-0.35	6.02	-1.26
1984	-1.65	1.41	0.21	1.10	0.25	-0.22	-0.19	3.12	-2.06	-0.46	-0.03	0.66
1983	-1.60	-0.65	0.05	2.09	1.54	0.75	-3.31	-0.89	-1.28	0.90	0.56	1.19
1982	0.05	0.07	-0.12	-1.24	0.66	0.85	-0.45	-0.44	-1.26	-2.06	-0.37	-0.63
1981	-2.40	1.78	-1.94	1.14	-0.70	0.45	-0.01	-0.98	0.11	1.43	-2.40	-0.68
1980	-1.41	-1.39	0.80	1.17	0.57	0.30	2.70	0.19	-2.24	-0.12	-0.53	-1.76
1979	3.39	0.98	-0.38	-0.35	0.52	-1.84	2.45	1.40	1.42	1.70	0.16	-0.81
1978	3.34	-1.89	-1.25	-0.99	2.10	0.50	0.00	0.12	-0.76	-1.16	-1.31	1.28
1977	-1.50	-0.91	2.05	0.60	-2.39	-1.52	3.95	-0.57	0.38	1.20	-0.15	0.10
1976	0.23	-0.56	-0.64	-1.93	-1.32	0.55	-0.01	-0.04	0.47	5.97	-2.70	-0.37
1975	1.08	0.74	0.86	-0.37	-0.32	1.68	-2.06	2.29	3.08	0.80	-1.60	0.10
1974	0.91	-1.42	0.38	-1.10	-0.04	1.49	-1.46	-1.16	0.24	-1.75	-1.63	1.99
1973	-0.56	0.09	-1.26	2.21	0.58	-0.02	-0.92	0.20	0.48	0.96	-1.00	1.46
1972	-0.39	2.08	-1.08	2.19	0.67	6.87	-1.51	-0.57	-0.70	-0.41	2.24	2.13
1971	0.58	1.97	-1.09	-2.65	0.46	-0.70	1.37	0.36	2.34	-0.09	-0.13	-0.03
1970	-1.54	-0.47	0.18	1.06	-0.77	2.24	0.56	1.37	-1.50	1.00	1.92	1.42
1969	-0.95	-1.54	-1.98	-1.10	-1.65	-0.42	1.78	-0.39	-1.91	-1.09	-0.51	2.23
1968	-0.85	-2.19	-0.47	-2.30	2.26	0.00	-1.96	-0.12	-0.68	-0.61	0.75	-0.05
1967	-1.53	-0.37	3.33	0.16	0.60	-2.61	1.60	0.38	0.22	0.11	-0.98	0.38
1966	1.22	1.97	-1.73	0.35	-0.85	-3.48	-2.23	-1.04	-0.51	-1.54	0.03	-0.82
1965	1.07	-0.03	1.51	-1.49	-2.20	-3.34	-2.27	1.68	-1.12	0.25	-1.52	-2.26
1964	0.70	0.63	-0.46	3.20	-3.17	0.39	0.55	-1.29	-1.09	-2.36	-1.03	-0.43
1963	-1.31	-0.71	1.58	-1.67	-1.88	-1.10	-1.02	-1.27	-2.17	-3.03	1.98	-0.47
1962	-1.09	1.53	0.45	0.37	-1.90	-1.76	-1.42	-1.20	1.69	-1.07	-0.90	-0.59
1961	-0.07	1.26	1.06	1.84	-1.63	-0.45	-0.65	0.37	-1.69	-1.53	-0.38	-0.15
1960	-0.44	1.01	-1.37	-1.69	4.10	-0.42	1.23	-1.12	0.58	-2.01	-1.84	-1.26
1959	0.23	-0.16	-0.65	0.98	-1.39	-1.38	0.70	0.93	-2.35	1.97	0.32	-0.07
1958	0.54	-0.42	-1.05	-0.82	0.77	-0.40	1.75	0.63	-0.98	-1.68	-0.89	-1.89
1957	-0.67	0.08	-1.52	1.68	-2.00	1.28	-2.09	-2.28	-1.26	-0.31	-1.75	1.33
1956	-1.04	2.11	1.04	0.61	0.22	-1.05	1.93	2.17	-0.55	-0.67	-2.02	1.28
1955	-2.26	0.21	1.85	0.78	-2.58	0.01	-0.86	2.92	-1.36	0.54	-0.97	-2.63
1954	-0.94	-1.16	1.01	-0.17	-0.91	-0.16	-0.27	2.28	-0.53	3.62	-0.99	1.34
1953	0.87	-0.47	1.76	-0.07	2.35	-1.66	-0.11	-1.17	-1.66	-2.49	-1.73	-0.69
1952	0.72	-1.04	1.25	1.80	1.27	-1.87	-1.42	0.14	-0.51	-1.64	2.10	-0.43
1951	0.89	0.21	1.17	0.71	-1.86	3.14	0.23	-2.04	-2.15	-1.71	0.10	1.36
1950	0.88	0.63	0.54	-1.45	-0.17	-0.89	0.26	0.20	0.69	0.89	2.85	0.53
1949	1.42	-0.17	-2.05	-0.48	-1.31	-1.51	3.67	0.10	-1.47	-0.55	-1.89	0.55
1948	-0.32	-0.84	-0.16	2.74	0.66	2.23	-1.32	-0.52	-2.22	0.42	1.40	1.77
1947	0.19	-1.33	-1.97	-1.15	0.08	-0.53	1.21	1.07	-2.54	-1.85	0.00	-1.75
1946	-1.55	-0.42	-0.04	-2.41	2.45	3.22	-1.59	1.80	-0.21	1.03	-2.56	-0.69
1945	-0.93	-0.44	0.96	0.68	0.76	-0.44	0.80	1.73	2.60	-1.36	1.73	-0.63
1944	-0.46	-0.54	1.69	0.57	-0.14	-0.31	-1.59	-1.66	-0.79	0.96	-1.49	0.70
1943	0.40	-1.12	-1.24	0.82	1.74	-1.73	0.70	-1.43	-3.32	0.84	-1.27	-1.84
1942	-1.18	-0.24	1.38	-0.86	1.94	0.50	-0.55	0.46	-0.24	1.48	-1.09	1.65
1941	0.01	-1.77	-1.21	-1.54	-1.06	1.91	1.94	1.31	-2.24	-0.39	-0.96	0.70
1940	-0.90	0.68	1.53	1.80	-0.37	2.01	-0.59	-0.19	-1.47	-1.58	0.47	0.29
1939	0.69	2.41	0.11	0.47	-2.53	2.74	-0.46	-1.80	-0.53	0.71	-2.35	-0.42
1938	-0.14	-0.37	0.19	-1.19	0.00	-0.33	-0.81	-1.37	-0.39	-2.21	-0.93	-0.72
1937	3.39	-0.08	-1.56	4.02	-1.30	-1.24	-0.40	1.92	-0.94	3.21	-1.88	0.12
1936	1.07	-0.55	5.08	-0.63	-2.36	0.18	0.03	2.64	-0.46	1.06	-1.16	1.43
1935	0.93	0.13	-0.90	-1.46	0.27	-0.70	1.27	1.05	-0.81	-1.30	-0.47	0.55
1934	0.16	-1.74	-0.86	-0.98	-2.75	0.48	-0.07	1.83	2.35	-1.97	-0.22	-0.74
1933	-0.59	-0.64	2.68	0.62	4.18	-1.71	-0.05	2.53	0.00	-1.68	-1.86	0.67
1932	0.88	-0.92	1.36	-2.08	-1.03	-0.80	-0.50	-0.59	-2.60	1.42	0.01	-0.97
1931	-1.78	-0.63	-0.50	0.35	2.62	-1.03	0.72	1.38	0.45	-1.62	-1.86	0.47
1930	-1.56	-0.19	-0.97	-1.11	-2.38	-0.98	-3.26	-2.63	-1.64	-2.84	-3.11	-0.44
1929	-0.38	-0.06	-1.33	1.18	0.25	-0.52	-1.41	-1.20	-0.57	2.93	-0.85	-0.88
1928	-1.12	0.24	-0.38	1.90	-2.43	2.52	-0.14	0.37	-1.44	-1.82	-1.82	-1.85
1927	-0.54	0.82	-1.32	1.28	-0.99	-0.38	-0.62	-1.13	-1.90	2.06	-0.35	0.64
1926	-0.17	1.12	-1.95	-2.39	-2.73	-1.13	-1.51	1.08	1.54	0.87	0.53	-0.03
1925	0.23	-1.14	-1.59	-1.69	-1.29	-2.03	0.16	-1.32	-2.25	2.53	-0.86	-1.71
1924	0.92	0.14	-0.31	-0.79	1.37	1.59	-1.23	-0.12	1.96	-3.13	-2.48	-1.18
1923	0.43	-0.39	-1.71	-0.78	-0.97	-1.73	-0.13	-0.41	-0.62	-1.95	-1.24	1.63
1922	-0.42	-0.78	0.72	-1.29	-1.38	-1.97	-1.00	-1.14	-2.76	-0.80	-2.82	-0.12
1921	-0.62	-0.38	-1.20	-1.45	0.05	-1.57	-0.68	-0.17	0.95	-1.21	1.21	-0.12
1920	-0.80	-0.46	-1.21	0.53	-2.53	-0.07	-0.90	0.40	-0.63	-2.24	-1.05	-0.57
1919	-0.42	-0.64	-0.97	-1.70	0.89	-0.40	0.20	1.06	-2.42	1.74	0.99	-0.09
1918	0.42	-0.61	-1.08	1.67	0.10	-1.73	-1.73	0.69	-0.89	-0.07	-2.07	0.52
1917	0.23	-1.22	0.36	-1.83	-1.38	-0.15	0.00	3.49	-1.44	2.02	-3.12	-1.83
1916	-0.87	0.15	0.69	-0.34	-1.78	1.90	-0.45	-0.68	-0.28	-0.97	-1.84	-0.39
1915	2.08	1.05	-2.31	-2.32	-0.12	-0.39	-0.41	1.91	-1.65	-0.22	-1.86	0.34
1914	0.52	0.03	-1.72	0.51	-1.74	-0.58	-1.35	-0.21	-3.06	-0.91	-2.37	1.17
1913	0.73	-1.22	0.60	-0.86	-0.36	-2.01	0.58	-1.27	-0.56	1.03	-1.25	-0.48
1912	-1.38	-0.77	1.39	-0.02	-2.04	0.36	1.88	1.03	0.98	-1.62	-2.19	-0.18
1911	0.45	-0.91	-1.39	0.02	-2.88	-0.34	-1.98	3.03	1.36	1.20	-1.73	-0.11
1910	1.79	-0.02	-3.57	1.29	-1.36	-0.61	-1.62	-1.42	0.18	-1.70	-2.01	-0.62
1909	-0.57	1.26	-0.73	0.84	-1.46	0.61	-2.31	-2.10	-2.07	-0.77	-3.06	-0.13
1908	-0.41	1.41	2.06	-0.49	1.23	-2.14	0.18	-0.91	-2.59	-1.71	-3.02	-0.37
1907	0.95	-0.59	1.07	-1.50	-1.77	0.62	0.20	-0.51	1.48	-1.17	-0.58	0.67
1906	-0.46	-1.23	0.51	-0.61	-2.36	0.13	-0.67	1.69	-1.38	0.75	-2.71	0.98
1905	0.21	-1.10	0.61	-1.22	-0.89	-0.72	0.77	1.43	-0.94	1.14	-1.73	0.54
1904	-0.04	-0.90	0.25	-0.97	-0.85	-0.38	-0.57	-0.48	-1.73	-1.27	-2.79	-0.74
1903	0.28	1.71	0.27	-0.01	-1.73	0.51	0.54	0.20	-1.88	-0.77	-1.86	-1.23
1902	-0.07	1.38	0.40	-0.68	-2.64	0.44	0.10	-1.46	-0.11	0.56	-2.25	1.97
1901	-0.85	-2.17	0.31	1.50	0.43	-0.58	-1.45	1.72	-0.92	-2.74	-1.27	2.63
1900	-1.22	1.34	-0.47	-2.53	-2.27	-0.69	-0.05	-0.76	-2.70	-1.22	-0.38	-0.98
1899	-0.22	1.70	0.92	-2.05	0.01	-0.40	-1.61	0.38	-0.31	-2.13	-1.41	-0.35

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