Seasonal Snowfall - Lancaster, Pennsylvania (1926 -
2001)
SEASON SNOWFALL(in.) * SEASON SNOWFALL(in.)
1926/27 24.0 * 1965/66 32.7
1927/28 33.2 * 1966/67 40.8
1928/29 17.0 * 1967/68 16.5
1929/30 30.0 * 1968/69 23.3
1930/31 14.0 * 1969/70 43.7
1931/32 12.5 * 1970/71 15.9
1932/33 28.0 * 1971/72 19.9
1933/34 38.3 * 1972/73 5.1
1934/35 29.4 * 1973/74 18.6
1935/36 42.5 * 1974/75 22.5
1936/37 14.3 * 1975/76 17.5
1937/38 10.0 * 1976/77 21.8
1938/39 28.1 * 1977/78 47.5
1939/40 26.3 * 1978/79 38.9
1940/41 34.4 * 1979/80 7.5
1941/42 16.9 * 1980/81 18.7
1942/43 23.1 * 1981/82 32.6
1943/44 25.0 * 1982/83 35.3
1944/45 39.9 * 1983/84 24.9
1945/46 25.0 * 1984/85 20.5
1946/47 29.5 * 1985/86 21.8
1947/48 30.7 * 1986/87 38.1
1948/49 26.6 * 1987/88 23.5
1949/50 4.0* * 1988/89 12.7
1950/51 7.5 * 1989/90 18.0
1951/52 27.1 * 1990/91 18.0
1952/53 20.9 * 1991/92 8.2
1953/54 31.2 * 1992/93 40.7
1954/55 13.3 * 1993/94 54.2
1955/56 27.7 * 1994/95 9.3
1956/57 17.7 * 1995/96 72.0*
1957/58 58.1 * 1996/97 14.9
1958/59 8.3 * 1997/98 7.6
1959/60 42.5 * 1998/99 17.0
1960/61 63.0 * 1999/00 26.5
1961/62 29.5 * 2000/01 29.5
1962/63 31.8 * 2001/02 9.3
1963/64 58.0 * 2002/03 63.2
1964/65 24.4
(* denotes least and greatest seasonal snowfall)
Winter "season" is defined as the period November through April. Snowfall
data is an aggregate of records from the Millersville University Weather
Station and other Lancaster County cooperative reporting sites. The
long-term seasonal average snowfall is 26.4 inches.