It was a very dry meteorological winter (Dec-Jan-Feb).
Some of our long-term climate stations cracked the top-ten of
their driest winter seasons (Dec 1st-Feb 28/29th).
Station Total Precip Rank Period of
(inches) (Driest) Record (since)
------------ ------------ -------- --------------
Altoona 4.15 5th 1948
Bradford 4.25 2nd 1957
Harrisburg 6.05 17th 1888
Johnstown 4.93 3rd 1892
Williamsport 5.24 15th 1895
State College 4.52 8th 1893