Average Snowfall for Pennsylvania in January

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during January at cities and other locations in Pennsylvania. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres) this month.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1991 to 2020 for the US National Centers for Environmental Information.

You can jump to a separate table for Eastern and Western Pennsylvania.

Eastern Pennsylvania

Average total snowfall in January
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
5.1 Allentown 9.8 24.9
4.2 Chambersburg 10.0 25.4
7.4 East Stroudsburg 11.3 28.7
6.9 George Stevenson Reservoir 10.7 27.2
3.8 Harrisburg 6.4 16.3
2.7 Lancaster 6.1 15.5
3.4 Lebanon 6.8 17.3
8.4 Matamoras 11.6 29.5
3.3 Norristown 6.8 17.3
4.1 Philadelphia 7.1 18.0
8.4 State College 11.3 28.7
4.4 Sunbury 7.6 19.3
7.1 Towanda 11.0 27.9
8.7 Wilkes-Barre & Scranton 11.7 29.7
7.7 Williamsport 9.7 24.6
3.3 York 8.5 21.6

Western Pennsylvania

January snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
7.6 Altoona 10.6 26.9
10.6 Bradford 20.5 52.1
10.7 Butler 11.3 28.7
16.3 Erie 31.8 80.8
10.0 Indiana 13.3 33.8
10.3 Jamestown 18.6 47.2
7.9 New Castle 10.1 25.7
12.2 Pittsburgh 13.3 33.8
5.5 Uniontown 10.0 25.4
11.0 Warren 18.2 46.2
10.2 Youghiogheny River Lake 18.3 46.5
Reference

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI). Climate Normals.

Pennsylvania Snowfall
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