Weather
See also: Climate of PennsylvaniaRicketts Glen State Park is on the Allegheny Plateau, which has a continental climate with occasional severe low temperatures in winter and average daily temperature ranges (the difference between the daily high and low) of 20 °F (11 °C) in winter and 26 °F (14 °C) in summer. The park is in the Huntington Creek watershed, where the mean annual precipitation is 40 to 48 inches (1016 to 1219 mm). Weather records for Ricketts Glen State Park show that the highest recorded temperature at the park was 103 °F (39 °C) in 1988, and the record low was −17 °F (−27 °C) in 1984. On average, January is the coldest month, July is the hottest month, and June is the wettest month.
| Climate data for Ricketts Glen State Park (next to Ganoga Lake) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °F (°C) | 33 (1) |
36 (2) |
46 (8) |
59 (15) |
70 (21) |
78 (26) |
82 (28) |
80 (27) |
73 (23) |
62 (17) |
49 (9) |
37 (3) |
58.8 (14.9) |
| Average low °F (°C) | 15 (−9) |
17 (−8) |
25 (−4) |
35 (2) |
44 (7) |
53 (12) |
58 (14) |
56 (13) |
49 (9) |
38 (3) |
30 (−1) |
21 (−6) |
36.8 (2.6) |
| Precipitation inches (mm) | 2.76 (70.1) |
2.52 (64) |
3.13 (79.5) |
3.45 (87.6) |
3.80 (96.5) |
4.99 (126.7) |
4.07 (103.4) |
3.30 (83.8) |
4.49 (114) |
3.21 (81.5) |
3.38 (85.9) |
3.01 (76.5) |
42.11 (1,069.6) |
| Source: The Weather Channel | |||||||||||||
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