Galeton Weather Report January 2024
January was January in Galeton. It was a mostly cloudy month with above average rain. The morning readings were in the 20’s and low 30’s. We had a few mornings in the low digits, however we did not have any below zero readings in town. West Pike and Germania was another story and it did manage to drop below Zero in those areas. The average high temperature for January is 32 degrees and the average low is 23.
This year we received 5.62″ of rain and melted snow last year we recorded 3.19″. This January we received 21.1″ of snow and last year we received 3″. We had 21 days with 1″ or more snow on the ground. The greatest amount was 8″ on the 17th and the average snow depth for the month was 3″
We had 6 foggy mornings.
Pine Creek is full and looks very nice, No ice thus far. Lyman Lake was frozen over briefly and no fishermen on the thin coating.
50 days until spring. In the meantime keep your shovels and plows ready.
Henry W. Lush National Weather Service Observer