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	2.99	2.66	3.56	3.56	4.20	4.32	4.33	3.91	3.80	2.78	3.53	3.17
2024	-0.49	-0.61	-0.02
2023								-1.31	-2.51	-0.92	-2.24	-1.04
2023	-0.45	-1.36	-1.86	-2.13	-3.15	-2.21	-1.78	-1.31	-2.51	-0.92	-2.24	-1.04
2022	-0.60	0.55	-1.76	-0.91	-0.38	-2.47	-1.76	-0.66	-1.54	-1.39	-1.38	-2.03
2021	-1.72	-0.78	-0.64	-1.36	-0.76	-1.72	-0.54	0.45	0.33	-0.01	-2.76	-0.76
2020	-0.73	-0.08	0.13	-0.40	-2.40	-2.94	-2.31	-0.33	-2.51	-0.45	-1.76	-0.86
2019	-0.34	0.76	-1.92	-0.15	1.10	0.59	0.09	-1.33	-2.07	0.91	-1.70	-0.33
2018	-0.54	1.56	-1.78	-0.83	-2.62	-1.75	-3.06	-1.62	-0.23	-0.90	-1.80	-0.50
2017	-1.27	-1.46	-1.42	-2.17	-2.21	-2.22	-1.93	-2.78	11.69	-1.03	-2.05	-2.58
2016	-1.43	-0.56	-1.60	-1.55	-1.55	-1.44	-1.43	-0.74	-2.05	-0.78	-3.03	-1.52
2015	-0.78	-1.28	0.15	-0.31	-2.08	1.56	-1.55	-2.22	0.24	-0.22	-2.04	-0.20
2014	-1.45	-0.59	-1.85	-1.05	-0.40	-0.08	-1.41	-0.06	-2.77	-0.57	-1.93	-0.87
2013	-0.65	-1.05	-1.61	-1.16	-2.13	0.01	-0.18	-0.12	-1.85	-0.75	-1.09	-0.29
2012	-0.08	-1.28	-0.49	-2.17	-0.90	-2.39	0.27	-1.54	0.32	1.73	-2.76	1.27
2011	-0.97	1.05	0.75	1.52	1.03	-1.27	-0.07	0.35	1.03	1.70	0.50	-0.59
2010	0.33	1.15	-0.67	-1.24	0.56	0.49	-0.13	-1.35	-1.02	0.45	0.25	0.00
2009	0.79	-0.95	-1.54	-0.24	0.82	0.65	-0.27	-0.43	-1.24	1.15	-2.34	0.87
2008	-0.46	1.97	1.27	-0.62	0.97	1.35	0.42	-1.85	-0.68	-0.72	-1.30	2.86
2007	1.28	-0.46	1.32	0.75	-2.33	-0.39	-0.58	4.07	-1.84	-0.38	0.85	2.49
2006	0.99	-1.12	-1.61	-0.16	-0.16	1.27	0.71	-1.06	1.05	2.60	-0.60	-1.30
2005	4.18	0.02	0.29	-0.46	-1.07	-1.49	-0.74	-0.62	-2.26	1.56	0.85	-1.14
2004	1.70	-0.02	-0.31	2.13	1.12	0.94	1.32	0.97	4.35	-0.06	-0.42	-0.15
2003	-0.19	1.05	-1.74	-1.08	2.37	1.19	1.94	2.10	1.79	0.63	1.49	0.25
2002	-0.69	-1.17	0.93	0.25	1.39	0.75	-1.68	-0.69	-0.27	0.79	-0.57	0.16
2001	-0.90	-1.19	0.01	0.24	-1.03	0.02	-1.04	-0.71	-0.82	-0.61	-0.93	-0.25
2000	-1.32	0.70	-0.48	0.72	0.81	0.28	-0.37	0.42	0.06	-0.39	-1.66	-0.97
1999	2.94	-0.30	-0.54	1.54	-0.69	-2.63	-2.18	-1.10	-0.73	-0.65	0.57	-0.60
1998	0.55	0.22	-0.89	1.86	-1.27	1.07	-1.37	-0.39	-1.70	-0.41	-2.27	-1.16
1997	-1.06	-0.88	1.10	-1.83	1.65	-0.77	-2.20	1.33	-0.11	-1.43	2.74	-0.96
1996	1.46	0.58	0.83	0.54	0.84	1.22	0.69	-0.88	2.58	0.77	-0.09	0.41
1995	-0.18	-0.44	-1.77	-1.00	0.37	-0.30	-1.27	-1.52	-1.97	1.22	0.09	-0.76
1994	1.65	0.31	2.74	0.38	-0.86	-0.79	-1.43	3.26	-0.78	-1.78	0.74	-0.42
1993	-0.21	-0.25	1.24	0.53	-2.30	0.11	-0.39	-1.37	1.86	0.02	1.11	-0.59
1992	-0.75	-0.51	0.61	-1.04	-1.60	-2.66	4.28	0.16	-0.27	-1.32	0.31	0.47
1991	0.40	-0.31	0.07	0.01	-1.57	-2.34	-0.23	-1.87	-1.10	-1.60	-0.08	1.40
1990	0.57	0.64	-1.95	-0.18	1.63	-0.30	2.15	-0.82	1.75	1.29	-1.38	3.87
1989	-0.36	1.28	2.29	-1.47	2.37	2.92	-0.91	-1.88	0.89	0.30	-1.00	-1.25
1988	-1.24	0.70	-0.62	-0.82	-0.14	-2.83	-0.66	-0.22	-0.39	-0.59	0.32	-1.03
1987	-0.22	-2.02	-0.88	1.29	-0.19	0.05	-1.15	1.59	1.26	-0.97	-0.80	-0.27
1986	-0.49	1.76	-1.25	-0.84	-1.56	0.02	2.23	-1.05	-0.63	1.52	1.65	0.26
1985	-1.09	-0.97	1.50	-1.45	1.93	-1.30	1.56	-0.65	-2.89	-0.19	7.71	-0.69
1984	-1.44	-0.07	-0.61	0.88	1.38	-0.23	0.20	1.88	-1.91	0.49	0.25	0.71
1983	-1.52	-1.13	-0.10	1.63	1.72	-0.09	-0.81	-1.03	-1.05	1.16	0.69	1.02
1982	1.02	0.06	0.31	-1.77	-0.29	0.51	-1.17	-0.58	-0.64	-2.01	0.58	-0.49
1981	-1.93	1.82	-1.44	2.22	-1.14	2.31	1.29	-1.76	0.61	0.88	-1.95	-0.18
1980	-1.52	-1.15	1.27	-0.14	0.06	0.87	2.53	2.10	-1.12	0.17	-0.75	-1.60
1979	1.93	0.66	-1.54	0.36	0.88	-2.28	1.23	1.80	1.11	1.18	-0.33	-1.10
1978	2.57	-1.95	-1.52	-0.70	1.09	0.87	-0.14	0.59	-0.77	1.14	-1.54	1.78
1977	-1.31	-1.31	1.13	0.45	-1.74	-0.53	1.91	0.27	-0.18	0.19	-0.62	-0.08
1976	0.72	-0.31	-0.42	-1.12	-1.86	0.33	-0.46	-0.72	-0.08	2.51	-2.62	-0.97
1975	1.13	1.55	0.69	-0.72	-0.06	0.73	-1.85	2.98	2.32	0.46	-1.48	0.30
1974	0.98	-0.83	0.56	-0.37	1.38	1.01	0.20	0.85	1.29	-1.39	-0.63	1.11
1973	-0.80	-0.31	-0.38	1.84	0.53	-0.05	-1.23	-0.30	0.47	0.88	-0.05	0.19
1972	-0.27	0.94	0.67	1.82	-1.50	5.47	-1.06	-1.48	0.92	-0.09	1.23	1.09
1971	-0.18	1.54	-0.73	-2.50	0.03	-0.64	0.70	0.24	1.19	-1.38	-0.79	0.42
1970	-0.96	-0.37	-0.10	0.07	-0.30	0.91	0.14	-0.03	-0.56	1.75	-0.17	0.60
1969	-0.55	-1.83	-2.34	0.11	-1.56	-1.04	2.16	-0.80	-2.10	-0.33	-0.84	1.49
1968	-0.19	-1.86	-0.31	-1.44	2.75	-2.13	-2.39	-0.05	-0.84	-0.37	-0.03	0.16
1967	-2.04	0.00	2.80	0.39	1.19	-2.97	0.47	-0.26	-0.99	0.05	-0.69	-0.66
1966	0.95	0.65	-1.46	0.35	-0.43	-2.82	-1.64	-0.18	-1.19	-0.97	0.72	-0.99
1965	1.31	-0.07	0.15	-1.13	-1.86	-2.61	-2.00	-0.62	0.58	0.53	-0.82	-2.26
1964	-0.14	-0.41	1.76	2.88	-2.47	0.79	-0.02	-0.70	-2.13	-1.37	-0.44	1.01
1963	-1.17	-0.37	1.84	-1.30	-2.12	-1.12	-0.77	-1.54	-2.30	-2.26	0.46	-1.22
1962	0.02	0.81	0.07	0.17	-1.75	-1.77	-1.21	-1.15	2.09	-0.22	-1.79	-0.66
1961	-0.84	0.85	0.49	2.20	-1.03	0.22	0.80	-1.07	-1.83	0.19	0.18	-0.77
1960	0.04	0.68	-1.44	-2.04	1.51	-0.83	-0.04	-0.62	-0.71	-0.96	-1.68	-1.42
1959	0.88	0.26	-1.20	0.77	-0.53	-1.30	0.14	0.05	-3.06	2.49	-0.03	-0.17
1958	0.23	-1.12	-1.66	-0.16	0.64	-0.18	3.59	0.92	0.58	-1.22	-0.75	-1.99
1957	-0.64	-0.42	-1.22	1.65	-1.46	-0.06	-1.71	-2.76	-0.61	-0.16	-1.47	1.05
1956	-0.83	3.42	1.67	1.03	1.72	0.97	1.67	2.30	-0.15	-1.15	-2.18	0.74
1955	-1.65	0.87	1.61	0.00	-1.70	-0.63	-0.46	1.84	-1.44	0.92	-0.63	-2.72
1954	-0.46	-1.18	0.69	0.63	-1.43	0.52	-1.73	2.50	-0.90	5.58	-2.20	0.35
1953	0.79	-0.95	0.21	0.21	1.90	-1.59	-0.43	-1.93	-0.59	-1.77	-2.26	-1.23
1952	2.31	-0.31	0.40	0.59	2.01	-0.71	-1.17	-0.46	-1.78	-1.39	-1.07	-0.51
1951	1.20	0.72	1.01	1.73	-0.90	3.01	-0.30	-3.06	-0.74	-1.47	0.43	0.84
1950	3.19	0.96	0.32	-0.71	-0.72	0.37	0.40	-0.19	0.78	-0.75	3.12	-0.67
1949	1.52	0.14	-0.89	-0.35	-1.12	-1.53	1.28	-0.87	-1.00	-0.94	-1.40	0.11
1948	-0.39	-0.32	-0.20	3.37	-0.11	2.00	0.16	-0.08	-1.82	0.44	0.14	0.69
1947	0.69	-1.35	-1.83	-0.59	1.12	0.57	1.73	0.56	-1.67	-1.42	-0.19	-1.69
1946	-1.70	-0.27	-0.56	-1.81	1.25	1.83	-0.24	-0.74	-1.73	0.96	-1.89	-0.68
1945	-0.42	0.53	2.90	0.90	0.38	-0.62	-0.65	-0.64	4.25	-0.03	1.19	-1.15
1944	-1.05	-0.35	1.81	0.48	0.44	0.50	-0.76	-0.70	-1.06	1.24	-1.22	1.64
1943	-0.26	-0.91	-0.76	0.31	2.18	-1.37	2.17	-1.04	-2.94	0.52	-1.61	-1.93
1942	-1.30	0.09	1.10	-0.57	0.62	-0.39	-1.52	0.34	0.04	1.56	0.21	2.06
1941	-0.31	-1.87	-1.77	-1.80	-0.54	2.42	0.94	1.91	-1.53	1.36	-1.39	-1.28
1940	-1.83	0.63	0.84	2.11	1.00	1.43	-0.33	1.04	-0.95	-1.16	0.01	0.17
1939	0.09	2.43	0.12	0.59	-2.78	3.07	-0.62	-2.57	-1.60	0.53	-2.79	-0.82
1938	-0.82	0.50	0.44	-0.10	0.49	0.89	-0.96	-1.23	-0.36	-1.44	-0.70	-1.76
1937	5.18	-1.04	-1.60	2.72	-0.56	-0.46	2.00	-0.44	-1.84	2.51	-1.90	0.00
1936	0.48	-0.31	3.75	-0.64	-2.61	-1.59	-0.72	1.02	-0.79	1.26	-0.47	0.45
1935	0.36	0.61	-0.25	-0.86	0.43	-0.36	-0.57	2.86	-0.95	-0.50	-0.78	0.01
1934	-0.62	-1.47	-0.79	-0.68	-2.61	-0.20	0.01	3.09	0.68	-1.60	-0.66	-1.44
1933	-0.54	-0.70	2.92	0.85	2.51	-1.96	-1.04	0.56	-0.17	-1.86	-1.79	0.65
1932	1.63	-1.43	0.71	-2.40	-1.44	-1.64	-0.10	-1.06	-2.51	0.34	-0.06	-0.77
1931	-1.89	-0.23	-1.04	0.54	0.95	-0.29	-0.76	0.64	1.03	-0.64	-1.39	0.35
1930	-0.51	0.31	-0.60	-1.22	-1.96	-1.15	-2.75	-2.26	-1.30	-1.80	-2.39	-1.15
1929	0.28	0.01	-1.00	1.50	0.73	-0.50	-0.93	-1.29	-0.77	2.71	-0.05	-0.66
1928	-1.20	0.57	-0.30	1.30	-2.30	2.90	0.09	-1.06	-2.18	-0.66	-1.02	-1.71
1927	0.28	0.29	-0.47	0.95	-0.25	-0.32	-0.18	-1.12	-1.85	0.59	0.96	0.68
1926	-0.28	0.84	-1.58	-1.60	-1.91	-0.99	-1.38	1.98	2.45	1.84	-0.46	-0.11
1925	-0.34	-0.57	-1.17	-1.44	-0.96	-1.65	0.14	-1.85	-1.43	2.53	-0.35	-2.22
1924	0.99	-0.22	-0.37	-0.86	0.40	1.38	-1.03	-1.00	2.26	-2.44	-2.20	-0.86
1923	0.52	-0.47	-1.50	-0.97	-0.69	-1.18	-0.43	0.32	-0.51	-1.45	-1.00	2.36
1922	-1.03	-1.32	1.11	-0.42	-0.83	-1.73	-1.51	-1.56	-2.49	-0.42	-2.28	-0.10
1921	-0.40	-0.48	0.36	-0.99	-0.89	-1.28	-1.13	0.37	1.25	-0.32	1.68	0.08
1920	-0.29	-1.14	-1.07	0.82	-1.75	0.09	-0.90	0.33	-0.61	-1.13	-1.19	-1.09
1919	-0.65	-0.80	-0.50	-1.28	0.61	-0.05	-0.31	0.89	-2.47	3.32	1.00	-0.33
1918	0.35	-0.43	-0.99	0.99	0.29	-1.44	-1.83	0.58	-0.38	0.71	-1.69	0.24
1917	0.74	-1.40	0.13	-1.47	-0.60	-0.23	-0.85	1.81	-1.61	2.20	-2.84	-2.05
1916	0.61	-0.34	0.82	-0.38	-1.20	1.85	-1.20	-0.53	-0.18	-0.37	-1.80	-0.56
1915	1.30	-0.03	-2.13	-2.32	-0.05	-0.63	0.22	1.31	-0.74	-0.17	-1.08	0.53
1914	-0.22	0.27	-1.37	1.01	-1.28	-0.82	-0.96	0.08	-2.88	0.46	-2.34	1.24
1913	2.57	-0.83	2.39	-1.05	-0.48	-1.88	0.78	-1.40	-0.78	1.07	-0.17	-0.88
1912	-1.11	-0.74	0.77	0.61	-1.85	0.41	1.41	1.04	0.48	-0.65	-2.19	-0.73
1911	1.03	-0.87	-1.26	-0.07	-2.40	-0.11	-1.91	2.96	1.90	2.27	-1.74	-0.06
1910	2.00	0.20	-3.56	0.59	-1.04	-0.55	-1.48	-2.17	0.63	-0.23	-1.78	-0.67
1909	-0.25	2.09	-0.72	0.83	-0.96	0.94	-1.77	-1.38	-2.29	0.00	-2.25	-0.61
1908	-0.78	1.55	2.41	0.05	0.93	-1.90	-0.07	-1.22	-3.16	-1.55	-2.68	-0.63
1907	2.22	-0.99	1.65	-1.36	-1.31	0.80	0.17	-0.48	0.90	-0.50	-1.52	0.23
1906	-0.41	-1.14	0.47	-0.99	-1.84	-0.24	-0.65	1.40	-0.95	0.27	-1.84	0.84
1905	-0.25	-0.81	0.12	-1.01	0.01	-0.48	-0.66	1.34	-0.83	1.93	-1.07	-0.16
1904	0.14	-0.28	1.21	-0.54	-0.61	-0.48	-0.91	-0.44	-2.14	-1.09	-3.04	-0.62
1903	-0.27	2.37	0.19	-0.15	-1.65	0.72	-0.18	-0.73	-2.34	-0.48	-1.34	-1.24
1902	-0.54	0.13	0.05	-0.68	-1.92	0.78	0.21	-1.84	-0.22	-0.21	-1.90	1.36
1901	-1.03	-1.82	-0.10	1.35	0.26	0.07	-1.96	1.20	-0.93	-2.21	-1.62	1.62
1900	-0.86	0.65	-0.55	-2.51	-1.45	-0.50	0.14	-0.46	-2.96	-0.54	0.51	-1.45
1899	0.06	1.04	1.02	-2.06	-0.21	0.03	-1.14	-0.43	-0.95	-1.44	-1.52	-0.14

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