Record envelope, standing records and threshold days for Burgettstown 2 W (USC00361105), Pennsylvania, United States, with 42 years of record.
Key Facts for Burgettstown 2 W
Burgettstown 2 W (USC00361105) is a weather station in Pennsylvania, United States at 40.38 latitude and -80.43 longitude, 299 m (981 ft) above sea level.
The station reports from 1948 to 1989, 42 years of record.
1,464 records set at Burgettstown 2 W still stand.
Records are tracked for tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd: an element needs 30 years of data to be eligible.
Burgettstown 2 W set a daily record high maximum temperature of 16.7 C (62.1 F) on 8 January 1989.
About the Station
Location: Pennsylvania, United States, 40.38 latitude, -80.43 longitude.
Elevation: 299 m (981 ft).
Period of record: 1948 to 1989, 42 years.
Eligible elements: tmax, tmin, prcp, snow, snwd.
Daily Record Envelope and 2026
0 days at or beyond a record
Record highRecord low2026 daily maximum2026 daily minimum
The band shows the record high and record low for each calendar day at Burgettstown 2 W. The lines show the 2026 daily maximum and minimum. 0 days in 2026 matched or passed a record. Temperatures are in degrees Celsius.
Daily record high and record low at Burgettstown 2 W, with 2026 drawn through them
Month
Highest record high
Lowest record low
2026 highest maximum
2026 lowest minimum
Jan
23.9 C (75.0 F)
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Feb
25.6 C (78.1 F)
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
n/a
n/a
Mar
30.6 C (87.1 F)
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Apr
31.7 C (89.1 F)
-15.0 C (5.0 F)
n/a
n/a
May
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-6.7 C (19.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Jun
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-2.8 C (27.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Jul
39.4 C (102.9 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Aug
37.2 C (99.0 F)
0.0 C (32.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Sep
37.8 C (100.0 F)
-5.0 C (23.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Oct
32.8 C (91.0 F)
-11.1 C (12.0 F)
n/a
n/a
Nov
28.3 C (82.9 F)
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Dec
24.4 C (75.9 F)
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
n/a
n/a
Which Years Hold Standing Records
1,464 standing records
Year with most
1,464 records at Burgettstown 2 W still stand. 1950 holds the most, with 66.
Standing records at Burgettstown 2 W by the year they were set
Year set
Standing records
1948
10
1949
45
1950
66
1951
37
1952
47
1953
41
1954
48
1955
43
1956
45
1957
35
1958
42
1959
38
1960
43
1961
29
1962
36
1963
51
1964
38
1965
43
1966
37
1967
34
1968
36
1969
22
1970
25
1971
28
1972
35
1973
33
1974
30
1975
17
1976
45
1977
39
1978
22
1979
51
1980
17
1981
21
1982
33
1983
18
1984
55
1985
22
1986
33
1987
21
1988
52
1989
1
All-Time Record Progression
3 new records
3 all-time records were set at Burgettstown 2 W between 11 January 1982 and 17 July 1988. Each dot is a new record.
When Burgettstown 2 W set new all-time records
Date
Kind
Detail
1982-01-11
Record low maximum temperature
Record low maximum temperature -19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1988-07-08
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 38.9 C (102.0 F)
1988-07-17
Record high maximum temperature
Record high maximum temperature 39.4 C (102.9 F)
Wettest Day of Each Month
Oct: 93.2 mm (3.7 in)
The wettest day on record for each calendar month at Burgettstown 2 W. The most was 93.2 mm (3.7 in) on 16 October 1954.
Record daily precipitation for each month at Burgettstown 2 W
Month
Record daily precipitation (mm)
Date
Jan
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
27 January 1952
Feb
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
24 February 1975
Mar
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
5 March 1963
Apr
49.0 mm (1.9 in)
29 April 1951
May
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
6 May 1971
Jun
61.7 mm (2.4 in)
16 June 1974
Jul
87.1 mm (3.4 in)
23 July 1951
Aug
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
21 August 1979
Sep
83.6 mm (3.3 in)
2 September 1962
Oct
93.2 mm (3.7 in)
16 October 1954
Nov
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
5 November 1985
Dec
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
4 December 1978
Period of Record Coverage
1948 to 1989
Complete yearUnder 90 percent of days
42 years of record at Burgettstown 2 W, 1948 to 1989. 4 years have data for under 90 percent of days and are left out of rankings: 1948, 1971, 1984, 1989.
Cooler than the station meanWarmer than the station mean
One stripe for each of 31 complete years at Burgettstown 2 W, 1949 to 1988. Blue stripes are years cooler than the station's own mean of 9.0 C (48.2 F); red stripes are warmer. The coolest year was 1958, at 7.4 C (45.3 F), and the warmest was 1949, at 10.3 C (50.5 F). The strongest colour marks a difference of 1.7 C (3.1 F).
Annual mean temperature at Burgettstown 2 W as warming stripes, 1949 to 1988
Year
Annual mean temperature
Difference from the station mean
1949
10.3 C
+1.27 C
1950
9.0 C
-0.03 C
1951
9.3 C
+0.24 C
1952
9.9 C
+0.86 C
1953
10.3 C
+1.24 C
1954
9.6 C
+0.59 C
1955
9.4 C
+0.40 C
1956
9.3 C
+0.24 C
1957
9.2 C
+0.18 C
1958
7.4 C
-1.63 C
1959
9.1 C
+0.12 C
1960
8.1 C
-0.87 C
1961
8.9 C
-0.16 C
1962
8.5 C
-0.55 C
1963
7.6 C
-1.43 C
1964
8.9 C
-0.11 C
1965
8.9 C
-0.13 C
1966
8.2 C
-0.80 C
1967
8.3 C
-0.72 C
1969
8.6 C
-0.43 C
1972
8.8 C
-0.18 C
1973
10.3 C
+1.25 C
1974
9.3 C
+0.26 C
1975
9.6 C
+0.59 C
1976
8.1 C
-0.92 C
1979
8.2 C
-0.78 C
1982
9.2 C
+0.22 C
1983
9.5 C
+0.45 C
1985
9.0 C
+0.03 C
1986
9.8 C
+0.80 C
1988
9.0 C
-0.01 C
The fitted trend in annual mean temperature here over 1949 to 1988 is -0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.2) per decade. The interval includes zero, so the trend is not clearly different from zero. In Fahrenheit: -0.1 F (-0.5 to 0.3) per decade. The slope is a straight line fitted to 31 complete years; the brackets give its 95 percent interval.
Fitted temperature trends per decade at Burgettstown 2 W
Measure
Per decade (C)
Per decade (F)
Period
Complete years
Reading
Annual mean temperature
-0.1 C (-0.3 to 0.2) per decade
-0.1 F (-0.5 to 0.3) per decade
1949 to 1988
31
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily maximum
-0.1 C (-0.4 to 0.2) per decade
-0.2 F (-0.7 to 0.3) per decade
1949 to 1988
31
Not clearly different from zero
Mean daily minimum
0.00 C (-0.26 to 0.27) per decade
0.00 F (-0.48 to 0.48) per decade
1949 to 1988
31
Not clearly different from zero
A year is complete when all 12 months have at least 20 days of both daily maximum and daily minimum readings. The annual mean is the mean of the monthly means. The trend describes this one station over this period; it does not say what caused the change.
Extremes by Year
1948 to 1989
Yearly extremes at Burgettstown 2 W: the record and the median year
Measure
Record
Year of the record
Median year
Years with a value
Hottest day (TXx)
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1988
33.9 C (93.0 F)
42
Coldest night (TNn)
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1963
-25.8 C (-14.5 F)
42
Wettest day (Rx1day)
93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1954
49.6 mm (2.0 in)
42
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
159.0 mm (6.3 in)
1979
82.1 mm (3.2 in)
42
Longest dry spell (CDD)
31 days
1988
15 days
42
Hottest day (TXx)
The hottest day of the year at Burgettstown 2 W, 1948 to 1989. The record is 39.4 C (102.9 F) in 1988, marked on the chart; the median year is 33.9 C (93.0 F).
Hottest day (TXx) at Burgettstown 2 W by year
Year
Hottest day (TXx)
1948
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1949
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1950
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1951
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1952
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1953
37.8 C (100.0 F)
1954
37.2 C (99.0 F)
1955
35.6 C (96.1 F)
1956
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1957
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1958
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1959
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1960
31.7 C (89.1 F)
1961
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1962
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1963
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1964
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1965
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1966
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1967
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1968
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1969
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1970
33.3 C (91.9 F)
1971
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1972
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1973
36.7 C (98.1 F)
1974
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1975
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1976
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1977
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1978
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1979
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1980
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1981
32.8 C (91.0 F)
1982
32.2 C (90.0 F)
1983
35.0 C (95.0 F)
1984
31.1 C (88.0 F)
1985
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1986
33.9 C (93.0 F)
1987
34.4 C (93.9 F)
1988
39.4 C (102.9 F)
1989
16.7 C (62.1 F)
Coldest night (TNn)
The coldest night of the year at Burgettstown 2 W, 1948 to 1989. The record is -32.8 C (-27.0 F) in 1963, marked on the chart; the median year is -25.8 C (-14.5 F).
Coldest night (TNn) at Burgettstown 2 W by year
Year
Coldest night (TNn)
1948
-19.4 C (-2.9 F)
1949
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1950
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1951
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1952
-18.9 C (-2.0 F)
1953
-20.0 C (-4.0 F)
1954
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1955
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1956
-20.6 C (-5.1 F)
1957
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1958
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1959
-22.8 C (-9.0 F)
1960
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1961
-31.1 C (-24.0 F)
1962
-23.9 C (-11.0 F)
1963
-32.8 C (-27.0 F)
1964
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1965
-30.6 C (-23.1 F)
1966
-28.9 C (-20.0 F)
1967
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1968
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1969
-21.7 C (-7.1 F)
1970
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1971
-25.0 C (-13.0 F)
1972
-26.7 C (-16.1 F)
1973
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1974
-16.1 C (3.0 F)
1975
-25.6 C (-14.1 F)
1976
-26.1 C (-15.0 F)
1977
-29.4 C (-20.9 F)
1978
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1979
-31.7 C (-25.1 F)
1980
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1981
-28.3 C (-18.9 F)
1982
-27.2 C (-17.0 F)
1983
-23.3 C (-9.9 F)
1984
-15.6 C (3.9 F)
1985
-27.8 C (-18.0 F)
1986
-24.4 C (-11.9 F)
1987
-22.2 C (-8.0 F)
1988
-21.1 C (-6.0 F)
1989
-13.9 C (7.0 F)
Wettest day (Rx1day)
The wettest day of the year at Burgettstown 2 W, 1948 to 1989. The record is 93.2 mm (3.7 in) in 1954, marked on the chart; the median year is 49.6 mm (2.0 in).
Wettest day (Rx1day) at Burgettstown 2 W by year
Year
Wettest day (Rx1day)
1948
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1949
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1950
57.2 mm (2.3 in)
1951
87.1 mm (3.4 in)
1952
54.1 mm (2.1 in)
1953
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1954
93.2 mm (3.7 in)
1955
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1956
73.2 mm (2.9 in)
1957
39.4 mm (1.6 in)
1958
38.9 mm (1.5 in)
1959
45.7 mm (1.8 in)
1960
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1961
43.4 mm (1.7 in)
1962
83.6 mm (3.3 in)
1963
58.9 mm (2.3 in)
1964
44.7 mm (1.8 in)
1965
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1966
40.1 mm (1.6 in)
1967
33.8 mm (1.3 in)
1968
41.1 mm (1.6 in)
1969
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1970
36.8 mm (1.4 in)
1971
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1972
40.9 mm (1.6 in)
1973
53.3 mm (2.1 in)
1974
61.7 mm (2.4 in)
1975
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1976
52.3 mm (2.1 in)
1977
42.2 mm (1.7 in)
1978
44.2 mm (1.7 in)
1979
83.8 mm (3.3 in)
1980
50.8 mm (2.0 in)
1981
47.5 mm (1.9 in)
1982
35.1 mm (1.4 in)
1983
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1984
43.2 mm (1.7 in)
1985
63.5 mm (2.5 in)
1986
55.6 mm (2.2 in)
1987
64.0 mm (2.5 in)
1988
48.3 mm (1.9 in)
1989
7.9 mm (0.31 in)
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
The wettest five days of the year at Burgettstown 2 W, 1948 to 1989. The record is 159.0 mm (6.3 in) in 1979, marked on the chart; the median year is 82.1 mm (3.2 in).
Wettest five days (Rx5day) at Burgettstown 2 W by year
Year
Wettest five days (Rx5day)
1948
54.7 mm (2.2 in)
1949
60.0 mm (2.4 in)
1950
81.8 mm (3.2 in)
1951
87.6 mm (3.4 in)
1952
82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1953
51.1 mm (2.0 in)
1954
118.4 mm (4.7 in)
1955
68.8 mm (2.7 in)
1956
127.6 mm (5.0 in)
1957
92.6 mm (3.6 in)
1958
81.6 mm (3.2 in)
1959
82.0 mm (3.2 in)
1960
78.7 mm (3.1 in)
1961
73.9 mm (2.9 in)
1962
123.0 mm (4.8 in)
1963
91.9 mm (3.6 in)
1964
83.1 mm (3.3 in)
1965
70.1 mm (2.8 in)
1966
101.4 mm (4.0 in)
1967
82.1 mm (3.2 in)
1968
70.6 mm (2.8 in)
1969
77.2 mm (3.0 in)
1970
74.8 mm (2.9 in)
1971
78.3 mm (3.1 in)
1972
80.0 mm (3.1 in)
1973
88.6 mm (3.5 in)
1974
98.6 mm (3.9 in)
1975
89.9 mm (3.5 in)
1976
108.9 mm (4.3 in)
1977
62.3 mm (2.5 in)
1978
73.1 mm (2.9 in)
1979
159.0 mm (6.3 in)
1980
92.2 mm (3.6 in)
1981
85.7 mm (3.4 in)
1982
62.5 mm (2.5 in)
1983
82.3 mm (3.2 in)
1984
66.6 mm (2.6 in)
1985
124.7 mm (4.9 in)
1986
102.3 mm (4.0 in)
1987
96.0 mm (3.8 in)
1988
79.5 mm (3.1 in)
1989
23.0 mm (0.9 in)
Longest dry spell (CDD)
The longest dry spell of the year at Burgettstown 2 W, 1948 to 1989. The record is 31 days in 1988, marked on the chart; the median year is 15 days.
Longest dry spell (CDD) at Burgettstown 2 W by year
Year
Longest dry spell (CDD)
1948
14 days
1949
12 days
1950
16 days
1951
18 days
1952
14 days
1953
21 days
1954
18 days
1955
14 days
1956
12 days
1957
15 days
1958
16 days
1959
29 days
1960
13 days
1961
10 days
1962
18 days
1963
24 days
1964
26 days
1965
15 days
1966
15 days
1967
25 days
1968
12 days
1969
12 days
1970
18 days
1971
18 days
1972
12 days
1973
15 days
1974
10 days
1975
14 days
1976
17 days
1977
19 days
1978
11 days
1979
12 days
1980
11 days
1981
15 days
1982
17 days
1983
12 days
1984
15 days
1985
16 days
1986
17 days
1987
17 days
1988
31 days
1989
5 days
Each chart shows one value per year; the dot marks the record year. TXx is the hottest daily maximum, TNn the coldest daily minimum, Rx1day and Rx5day the largest one-day and five-day rain totals, and CDD the longest run of days with less than 1 mm of rain. A year with missing days can understate an extreme.
Frost Dates and Growing Season
31 years with a frost
Across 31 years with a frost, the median last spring frost at Burgettstown 2 W falls on 20 May and the median first autumn frost on 25 September, which leaves a median of 126 days between them.
Fitted over all years, the growing season changes by -4.2 days per decade at this station.
Frost dates and growing season at Burgettstown 2 W
Measure
Median, all years
Earliest period
Recent period (1950 to 1988)
Recent against earliest
Fitted trend
Last spring frost
20 May
n/a
20 May
n/a
+0.6 days per decade
First autumn frost
25 September
n/a
25 September
n/a
-3.6 days per decade
Growing days
126 days
n/a
131 days
n/a
-4.2 days per decade
A frost day is a day with a daily minimum at or below 0 C (32 F). The last spring frost and the first autumn frost are the last and first such days of the cold season, and growing days are the days between them. A negative trend for the last spring frost means it comes earlier.
Rainfall Return Levels
40 years, 1949 to 1988
A day with at least 48.6 mm (1.9 in) of rain is expected about once in 2 years. A day with at least 110.9 mm (4.4 in) of rain is expected about once in 100 years.
Rainfall return levels at Burgettstown 2 W: the daily rain expected about once in a given number of years
Expected about once in
A day with at least
Note
2 years
48.6 mm (1.9 in)
5 years
61.1 mm (2.4 in)
10 years
70.8 mm (2.8 in)
25 years
85.0 mm (3.3 in)
50 years
97.2 mm (3.8 in)
Longer than the 40 years of record
100 years
110.9 mm (4.4 in)
Longer than the 40 years of record
The levels come from a generalised extreme value (GEV) distribution fitted by L-moments to the wettest-day total of each year, 40 years of values from 1949 to 1988.
A return level is an estimate. It is least reliable for the long periods, 50 and 100 years, and for any period longer than the record behind the fit, where the fit has to reach past the largest day actually observed. It is not a forecast.
The largest wettest-day totals in the fit: 93.2 mm (3.7 in) in 1954; 87.1 mm (3.4 in) in 1951; 83.8 mm (3.3 in) in 1979.
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Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Data as of 2026-10-15 (15 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.