Somerset has a humid continental climate that is affected by the high elevation, rendering it colder much of the winter than Altoona, Johnstown, or State College, despite being well south of these locations.
Its climate is quite similar to those seen in northern Pennsylvania, although the average winter high temperatures are a bit higher.
Somerset holds the June and November record lows for the state of Pennsylvania.
Somerset is also the only place in Pennsylvania to receive accumulations of snow in June (other places received a partial dusting at most) when it received 3 inches of snow from the same polar front that caused it to drop to 20 degrees on June 10, 1913.
Because of arctic air, powdery snow fell.
It was photographed being swept off porches with brooms.
That same cold snap brought snow to many other Pennsylvania communities, especially in the northern counties.
Somerset has a humid continental climate that is affected by the high elevation, rendering it colder much of the winter than Altoona, Johnstown, or State College, despite being well south of these locations. Its climate is quite similar to those seen in northern Pennsylvania, although the average winter high temperatures are a bit higher. Somerset holds the June and November record lows for the state of Pennsylvania. Somerset is also the only place in Pennsylvania to receive accumulations of snow in June (other places received a partial dusting at most) when it received 3 inches of snow from the same polar front that caused it to drop to 20 degrees on June 10, 1913. Because of arctic air, powdery snow fell. It was photographed being swept off porches with brooms. That same cold snap brought snow to many other Pennsylvania communities, especially in the northern counties.
Somerset, Pennsylvania