Sandy Lake weather by month
What a typical year looks like in Sandy Lake, Pennsylvania: average highs and lows, rain and snow, and the warmest and coldest days on record. Normals are the 1991–2020 averages at Franklin, 22 km from Sandy Lake; records cover 1897–2026.
The year at a glance
- Precipitation a year
- 46.3 in1177 mm
- Snow a year
- 54 in136 cm
- Last spring freeze
- May 5
- First fall freeze
- Oct 18
- Heating degree days
- 6,365
- Cooling degree days
- 583
Freeze dates are medians (half of years earlier, half later). Degree days use a 65°F base; HVAC design temperatures here are −1°−18° (heating, 99%) and 92°33° (cooling, 1%).
Month by month
Sandy Lake in January
Highs average 34°1° and lows 18°−8°, with 3.3 in83 mm of precipitation and 18 in45 cm of snow in a typical January.
- Record high
- 73°23° (1906)
- Record low
- −30°−34° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 1209
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sandy Lake in February
Highs average 36°2° and lows 19°−7°, with 2.7 in68 mm of precipitation and 12 in29 cm of snow in a typical February.
- Record high
- 74°23° (2017)
- Record low
- −27°−33° (1963)
- Heating degree days
- 1050
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sandy Lake in March
Highs average 46°8° and lows 25°−4°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation and 9 in23 cm of snow in a typical March.
- Record high
- 90°32° (2003)
- Record low
- −22°−30° (1934)
- Heating degree days
- 915
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sandy Lake in April
Highs average 60°15° and lows 35°2°, with 4.2 in105 mm of precipitation and 1.1 in2.8 cm of snow in a typical April.
- Record high
- 93°34° (1914)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1923)
- Heating degree days
- 529
- Cooling degree days
- 2
Sandy Lake in May
Highs average 71°22° and lows 46°8°, with 4 in102 mm of precipitation in a typical May.
- Record high
- 97°36° (1911)
- Record low
- 20°−7° (1966)
- Heating degree days
- 237
- Cooling degree days
- 36
Sandy Lake in June
Highs average 79°26° and lows 56°13°, with 4.9 in123 mm of precipitation in a typical June.
- Record high
- 101°38° (1934)
- Record low
- 28°−2° (1908)
- Heating degree days
- 54
- Cooling degree days
- 117
Sandy Lake in July
Highs average 83°28° and lows 60°15°, with 5.3 in135 mm of precipitation in a typical July.
- Record high
- 106°41° (1936)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 10
- Cooling degree days
- 200
Sandy Lake in August
Highs average 81°27° and lows 58°15°, with 4.2 in108 mm of precipitation in a typical August.
- Record high
- 104°40° (1918)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (2003)
- Heating degree days
- 15
- Cooling degree days
- 162
Sandy Lake in September
Highs average 74°23° and lows 52°11°, with 3.9 in100 mm of precipitation in a typical September.
- Record high
- 100°38° (1932)
- Record low
- 23°−5° (1899)
- Heating degree days
- 122
- Cooling degree days
- 60
Sandy Lake in OctoberThis month
Highs average 61°16° and lows 41°5°, with 3.8 in96 mm of precipitation in a typical October.
- Record high
- 90°32° (1922)
- Record low
- 15°−9° (1965)
- Heating degree days
- 436
- Cooling degree days
- 6
Sandy Lake in November
Highs average 49°9° and lows 32°0°, with 3.4 in87 mm of precipitation and 2.6 in6.6 cm of snow in a typical November.
- Record high
- 81°27° (1912)
- Record low
- 0°−18° (1904)
- Heating degree days
- 740
- Cooling degree days
- 0
Sandy Lake in December
Highs average 38°3° and lows 24°−4°, with 3.4 in85 mm of precipitation and 12 in30 cm of snow in a typical December.
- Record high
- 74°23° (1982)
- Record low
- −14°−26° (1950)
- Heating degree days
- 1048
- Cooling degree days
- 0