Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Cherry Tree, PA

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Prince Gallitzin Sp, PA, 15 miles southeast of Cherry Tree at 1,520 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 82°F and low of 58°F; January is the coolest, at 34°F and 16°F. September is the wettest at 4.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.5 inches; the year adds up to 40.8 inches over 90 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 54% of the year's precipitation (21.9 of 40.8 inches); the other six months are drier. October has brought the most of the 14 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (6); a normal October there has highs of 62°F and 3.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 7 days a year, almost all from July to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 154 nights a year. Snowfall averages 49.9 inches a year, most of it in January. That 40.8 inches is more than at 18 of the 148 Pennsylvania stations used on this site (12%). Clymer, 10 miles southwest, has its own station (Indiana 3 SE, PA): 47.8 inches a year, 7.0 more than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 82°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 102 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Cherry Tree: 89 thunderstorm wind reports, 8 floods and 5 flash floods. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $631,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 60 mph, on June 13, 2017. September has had the most flash floods, 2 of 5. Of the 788 Pennsylvania cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 71 have had fewer than Cherry Tree.

Flood insurance policyholders in Cherry Tree's ZIP code 15724 have filed 27 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $84,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 17 claims (63% of all) and $57,000. 74% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 553 Pennsylvania cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 170 have fewer than Cherry Tree.