Prince Gallitzin State Park, Pennsylvania climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Prince Gallitzin State Park's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 82°F July afternoons, with 40.7 inches of precipitation and 50 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.9°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,033 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPrince Gallitzin State Park
- Station IDUSC00367167
- Location40.65°N 78.56°W
- Elevation1,520 ft (463 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Prince Gallitzin State Park is 59°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 41%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Prince Gallitzin State Park.
- Jan 34° 16°
- Feb 37° 17°
- Mar 46° 24°
- Apr 60° 34°
- May 70° 45°
- Jun 78° 54°
- Jul 82° 58°
- Aug 81° 56°
- Sep 74° 49°
- Oct 62° 38°
- Nov 49° 29°
- Dec 38° 22°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Prince Gallitzin State Park each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 82°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in September (4.05 in), the least in February (2.46 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F | 16°F | 24.9°F | 2.82 | 15.4 | 16 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 37°F | 17°F | 27.0°F | 2.46 | 14.6 | 13 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 46°F | 24°F | 35.2°F | 3.27 | 7.6 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 60°F | 34°F | 47.1°F | 3.66 | 1.6 | 14 | <1 | 14 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 70°F | 45°F | 57.4°F | 3.73 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 78°F | 54°F | 65.8°F | 3.86 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 82°F | 58°F | 69.8°F | 3.91 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 81°F | 56°F | 68.4°F | 3.92 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 74°F | 49°F | 61.2°F | 4.05 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 62°F | 38°F | 49.7°F | 3.15 | 0.4 | 12 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 49°F | 29°F | 39.2°F | 2.90 | 1.8 | 12 | <1 | 20 | 10 h |
| December | 38°F | 22°F | 30.1°F | 2.93 | 8.5 | 14 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 59°F | 37°F | 48.0°F | 40.66 | 49.9 | 156 | 7 | 154 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1°C | −9°C | −3.9°C | 72 mm | 39 cm |
| February | 3°C | −8°C | −2.8°C | 62 mm | 37 cm |
| March | 8°C | −4°C | 1.8°C | 83 mm | 19 cm |
| April | 16°C | 1°C | 8.4°C | 93 mm | 4 cm |
| May | 21°C | 7°C | 14.1°C | 95 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 98 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 14°C | 21.0°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 27°C | 13°C | 20.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 23°C | 9°C | 16.2°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 16°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 80 mm | 1 cm |
| November | 10°C | −1°C | 4.0°C | 74 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 4°C | −6°C | −1.1°C | 74 mm | 22 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00367167; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Prince Gallitzin State Park?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (12).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00367167.
When is the last frost at Prince Gallitzin State Park?
In Prince Gallitzin State Park, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 10 in half of years and after May 28 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 24 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 101 year in 10 after May 28; 9 in 10 after April 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 24; 9 in 10 before October 21
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 149 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 171 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 29 in half of springs and before October 18 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Prince Gallitzin State Park in zone 6a in ZIP code 16640, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (16 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Pennsylvania · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00367167; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Prince Gallitzin State Park?
In a normal year in Prince Gallitzin State Park, 7 days a year reach 90°F, 154 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 156 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 7a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 154a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 40high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 156a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 17a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00367167.
How sunny is it at Prince Gallitzin State Park?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Prince Gallitzin State Park, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (75%) and December the cloudiest (53%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.6 |
| February | 60% | 2.5 |
| March | 62% | 3.4 |
| April | 66% | 4.6 |
| May | 67% | 5.2 |
| June | 72% | 5.8 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 75% | 5.2 |
| September | 73% | 4.2 |
| October | 66% | 2.9 |
| November | 65% | 2.0 |
| December | 53% | 1.4 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Prince Gallitzin State Park record?
A normal year at Prince Gallitzin State Park brings 6,640 heating degree days, 24% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 471 cooling degree days, 48% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,481 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,241 | 0 |
| February | 1,063 | 0 |
| March | 924 | 0 |
| April | 541 | 3 |
| May | 264 | 28 |
| June | 71 | 93 |
| July | 18 | 167 |
| August | 27 | 132 |
| September | 157 | 44 |
| October | 479 | 4 |
| November | 774 | 0 |
| December | 1,082 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 6,640 | 471 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00367167. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Prince Gallitzin State Park been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 47.9°F, 0.1°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 48.0°F. 1 of the 2 complete years since 2024 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51.3°F | +3.3°F | 48.55 | 53.3 |
| 2025 | 47.9°F | −0.1°F | 45.21 | 45.3 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00367167. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Prince Gallitzin State Park's climate compare?
Prince Gallitzin State Park is warmer than 25 of the 108 places with their own NOAA record in Pennsylvania, and wetter than 10. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 48.0°F is warmer than 32%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Prince Gallitzin State Park is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Prince Gallitzin State Park share this climate record?
36 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Northern Cambria, PA3,448 people · 12 mi W
- Greenwood, PA3,017 people · 13 mi SE
- Bellwood, PA1,764 people · 12 mi E
- Patton, PA1,677 people · 5 mi W
- Hastings, PA1,177 people · 8 mi W
- Carrolltown, PA1,008 people · 9 mi W
- Grazierville, PA649 people · 15 mi E
- Eldorado, PA534 people · 13 mi SE
- Irvona, PA531 people · 8 mi N
- Juniata Gap, PA516 people · 9 mi SE
- St. Benedict, PA497 people · 9 mi W
- Tipton, PA462 people · 14 mi E
- Coalport, PA415 people · 7 mi N
- Pinecroft, PA382 people · 12 mi SE
- Westover, PA345 people · 9 mi NW
- East Altoona, PA334 people · 12 mi SE
- Rosebud, PA333 people · 7 mi N
- Blandburg, PA315 people · 8 mi E
- Newburg, PA283 people · 11 mi SE
- Cherry Tree, PA272 people · 14 mi W
- Emeigh, PA260 people · 12 mi W
- Roots, PA239 people · 10 mi E
- Sickles Corner, PA231 people · 16 mi SE
- Blain City, PA209 people · 7 mi N
- Ashville, PA208 people · 6 mi S
- Flinton, PA181 people · 5 mi NE
- Charlottsville, PA169 people · 15 mi E
- Mill Run, PA162 people · 12 mi SE
- Wopsononock, PA148 people · 8 mi SE
- Reightown, PA142 people · 12 mi E
- Chest Springs, PA137 people · 6 mi SW
- Red Hill, PA134 people · 11 mi SE
- Skelp, PA130 people · 16 mi E
- Glen Hope, PA123 people · 11 mi N
- Culp, PA56 people · 16 mi E
- Fostoria, PA0 people · 13 mi E
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Prince Gallitzin State Park's climate
What is the coldest month at Prince Gallitzin State Park?
January, with a normal high of 34°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (82°F by day, 58°F at night).
Does it snow at Prince Gallitzin State Park?
Yes: 50 inches in a normal year, falling on 28 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (15.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Prince Gallitzin State Park?
September, with 4.05 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.46 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Prince Gallitzin State Park in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Prince Gallitzin State Park in zone 6a in ZIP code 16640, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −8°F (16 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Prince Gallitzin State Park?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 10; in one year in ten it comes after May 28. Waiting until May 28 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Pennsylvania climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Ebensburg, PA16 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Grampian, PA22 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Philipsburg, PA24 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Johnstown, PA27 miles from this station, 48.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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