Pennsylvania, 2024

Drought in Pennsylvania, November 1 to 30, 2024

November 1 to 30, 2024 · NWS CTP · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Severe (D2) drought conditions continued through the month of November 2024 across portions of southwestern Pennsylvania, including portions of Somerset County, far southern Cambria County, and southwestern Bedford County. Beneficial rainfall and snowfall across Cambria and Bedford counties allowed for improvement across the area late in the month, with drought status dropping below severe…

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CTP wrote it up.

Severe (D2) drought conditions continued through the month of November 2024 across portions of southwestern Pennsylvania, including portions of Somerset County, far southern Cambria County, and southwestern Bedford County. Beneficial rainfall and snowfall across Cambria and Bedford counties allowed for improvement across the area late in the month, with drought status dropping below severe criteria.

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Event by event

3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Somerset

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Somerset forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
39.972, -79.028 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 (severe) drought conditions continued across much of Somerset County throughout the first half of November 2024 before beneficial rainfall and snowfall allowed for some recovery across eastern portions of the county. D2 (severe) drought conditions continues across southwestern portions of Somerset County throughout the end of the month.

Drought, Cambria

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 26, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Cambria forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
40.495, -78.714 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 (severe) drought conditions continued across far southwestern Cambria County through much of November 2024 before beneficial rainfall and snowfall allowed for relief by November 26, 2024.

Drought, Bedford

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 26, 8:00 AM EST
Where
Bedford forecast zone
Reported by
Drought Monitor
Coordinates
40.007, -78.490 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

D2 (severe) drought conditions continued across far western Bedford County through much of November 2024 before beneficial rainfall allowed for relief by November 26, 2024.

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1218886, 1218887, 1218889.