Lancaster County
Temperature Summary (1916-2006)
Highest Maximum: 107 F, June 28, 1954, July 27,1926
Lowest Minimum: -4 F, January 21, 1985
Annual Average:
Maximum 73.1 F
Mean 61.0 F
Minimum 49.1 F
Precipitation Summary (1916-2006)
Highest Daily Rainfall: 9.85 Inches, October 11, 1990
Annual Average Rainfall: 45.38 Inches
Wettest Year: 69.59 Inches, 1929
Driest Year: 29.51 Inches, 2001
Mean Snowfall: 1.8 Inches
Largest Snowfall: 12.0 Inches, 1958
Extreme Events (1950-2006)
8 Tornadoes (1950-2006)
Total cost from all the tornadoes $28.028 million
6 Injuries from all the tornadoes
83 Wind Events (thunderstorm winds exceeding 60 miles per hour)
46 Hail Events (1955-2006)
Total cost= $5,000
8 Lightning Events (1993-2006)
0 Lightning-related Injuries
0 Deaths from Lightning
Total cost= $754,000
Following data from 1993-2006
6 Total Floods
5 Flash Floods
0 River Floods
1 Coastal Flood
12 Ice, Sleet or Snow Events
15 Extreme Cold Events
172 Months in Moderate to extreme according to Palmer Drought Severity Index computed by Regional Drought Monitor
