Prince Gallitzin State Park, PA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, plus PlainClimate's derived comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Prince Gallitzin State Park's primary NOAA station, PRINCE GALLITZIN SP.
The climate verdict for Prince Gallitzin State Park
Prince Gallitzin State Park, Pennsylvania has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 48°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 48°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 40.7"
- annual precipitation · 50" snow
- 148 days
- frost-free growing season
Prince Gallitzin State Park: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00367167 · Prince Gallitzin State Park, PA 48°F mean · 40.7" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 48°F
- RANK-COOL #2,127
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Elmira Corning…
- PRCP-MID 40.7"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,640 HDD
- STN-1 USC00367167
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Elmira Corning Rgnl, NY (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every PA station list.
- Prince Gallitzi… (this station) 48°F
- Cold Milanville, PA 48°F
- Hot Jarvie Rch, UT 48°F
- Near Elmira Corning…, NY 48°F
- Near Phillips, WY 48°F
Climate Living Index · Prince Gallitzin State Park
Prince Gallitzin State Park: 41/100 · grade D
Prince Gallitzin State Park publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Prince Gallitzin State Park, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 40.7 in · 5.7 from 35 in | 80/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 158 calendar days | 41/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 48.0°F · 19.5° from 67.5°F | 32/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 148 days/year | 24/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 49.9 inches/year | 21/100 · F |
Prince Gallitzin State Park · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Prince Gallitzin State Park is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 24.9°F and warmest-month mean 69.8°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 69.8°F
- Coldest month
- 24.9°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Prince Gallitzin State Park sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Prince Gallitzin State Park's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 31st percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 59th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 58th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Prince Gallitzin State Park compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Prince Gallitzin State Park's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34°F (1°C) | 16°F (-9°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 2.8" | 15.4" | 28.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 37°F (3°C) | 17°F (-8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 2.5" | 14.6" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| March | 46°F (8°C) | 24°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 3.3" | 7.6" | 24.8 | 0.0 |
| April | 60°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 3.7" | 1.6" | 14.1 | 0.0 |
| May | 70°F (21°C) | 45°F (7°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 3.7" | 0.0" | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| June | 78°F (26°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.9 |
| July | 82°F (28°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.3 |
| August | 81°F (27°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 68°F (20°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.9 |
| September | 74°F (23°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| October | 62°F (16°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.1" | 0.4" | 9.7 | 0.0 |
| November | 49°F (10°C) | 29°F (-1°C) | 39°F (4°C) | 2.9" | 1.8" | 19.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 38°F (4°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 2.9" | 8.5" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 82°F around July 10, short of 90°F on every date, while 158 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 15°F near January 23.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 10, then returns to freezing around November 5, covering 158 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 11, when 50% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 30 at 37%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 157 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 26 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 27°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Prince Gallitzin State Park.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 15.4"
15.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 14.6"
12.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.6"
12.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.6"
13.9 days with precipitation
15.0 days with precipitation
13.0 days with precipitation
12.2 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
11.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.4"
12.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 1.8"
11.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.5"
14.0 days with precipitation
Prince Gallitzin State Park spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Prince Gallitzin State Park has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.0" and February 2.5". The three wettest months together take 29% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Prince Gallitzin State Park's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 156 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 40.7" between them, or roughly 0.26 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Prince Gallitzin State Park
Prince Gallitzin State Park averages 49.9 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 28 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 49.9 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 28 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 12% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 5
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 10
50% probability date
Growing Season
148 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,640
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
471
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside PA closest to Prince Gallitzin State Park on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (48°F here).
- Ames, IA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Barrington, IL 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Big Bear Lake, CA 48°F · 0.0°F off
- Billings, MT 48°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (40.7" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Alderson, WV 40.7" · 0.0" off
- Olean, NY 40.7" · 0.0" off
- Albany, NY 40.7" · 0.0" off
- Buffalo, NY 40.7" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Prince Gallitzin State Park
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Prince Gallitzin State Park's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,640 annual heating degree days against 471 for cooling. Its 44.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 148 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Prince Gallitzin State Park coldest normal
January
Averaging 25°F (-4°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Prince Gallitzin State Park typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Prince Gallitzin State Park snow peak
January
Prince Gallitzin State Park averages 49.9 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Prince Gallitzin State Park's primary station: PRINCE GALLITZIN SP (USC00367167). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Prince Gallitzin State Park; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Prince Gallitzin State Park comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.