Average Snowfall for Pennsylvania in December

The tables below give monthly averages for snowfall during December 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 December
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
2.9 Allentown 4.6 11.7
2.2 Chambersburg 5.5 14.0
4.9 East Stroudsburg 8.0 20.3
4.1 George Stevenson Reservoir 8.6 21.8
1.8 Harrisburg 4.2 10.7
1.1 Lancaster 3.4 8.6
1.7 Lebanon 4.0 10.2
6.0 Matamoras 10.0 25.4
1.4 Norristown 4.2 10.7
1.8 Philadelphia 3.5 8.9
5.6 State College 7.6 19.3
2.4 Sunbury 4.9 12.4
5.2 Towanda 7.4 18.8
6.3 Wilkes-Barre & Scranton 7.7 19.6
4.6 Williamsport 6.9 17.5
1.5 York 3.3 8.4

Western Pennsylvania

December snowfall averages
Days Place Inches Centi­metres
5.0 Altoona 7.5 19.1
8.7 Bradford 18.4 46.7
6.5 Butler 6.8 17.3
11.5 Erie 26.3 66.8
6.1 Indiana 10.8 27.4
7.6 Jamestown 13.4 34.0
4.3 New Castle 4.9 12.4
7.6 Pittsburgh 7.7 19.6
2.9 Uniontown 3.6 9.1
8.1 Warren 18.5 47.0
6.7 Youghiogheny River Lake 10.9 27.7
Reference

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

Pennsylvania Snowfall
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