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Maple sugaring in Crawford County, Pennsylvania

Crawford County had 41 maple operations and 153,895 taps in the 2022 Census, number 2 in Pennsylvania. Around Meadville, sap usually runs from February 25 to March 29. Here's the long-run pattern, 36 seasons of sap weather, and the outlook this week.
Too early to tapAbout 142 days until the usual start.
Sap starts
Feb 25
typical year
Season ends
Mar 29
about 5 weeks
Sap days / season
39.8
1991–2026 average
Taps, 2022
153,895
#2 of 45 in PA

Sap-flow outlook at Meadville right now

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Forecast for Meadville, PA

Updated Oct 6, 3:46 AM EDT

Off-season for now. Sap needs freezing nights, and none are in sight. Crawford County's season usually opens around February 25, which is 142 days away.

No freeze-thaw days in the forecast

freeze thaw 32°F

  1. WedOct 7
    43° / 70°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  2. ThuOct 8
    50° / 67°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  3. FriOct 9
    43° / 65°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  4. SatOct 10
    43° / 70°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  5. SunOct 11
    50° / 72°

    0h below · 24h above

    No refreeze forecast
  6. MonOct 12
    54° / 72°
    No refreeze forecast

Data: National Weather Service. Verdicts use freeze-thaw thresholds from maple field research; your woods may run a little differently.

When the sap runs

The sugaring calendar at Meadville

Freeze-thaw weather at Meadville peaks in the weeks of Feb 16 to Apr 6, which hold about 48% of a season's sap days. March is the busiest month.
Typical season: Feb 25 – Mar 290246Week of Dec 1: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 8: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 15: 1.8 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 22: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Dec 29: 1.3 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 5: 1.4 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 12: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 19: 1.1 sap days on averageWeek of Jan 26: 1.5 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 2: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 9: 1.6 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 16: 2.2 sap days on averageWeek of Feb 23: 1.9 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 2: 2.4 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 9: 2.5 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 16: 2.8 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 23: 2.7 sap days on averageWeek of Mar 30: 2.5 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 6: 2.1 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 13: 1.3 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 20: 0.9 sap days on averageWeek of Apr 27: 0.5 sap days on averageWeek of May 4: 0.2 sap days on averageWeek of May 11: 0.1 sap days on averageWeek of May 18: 0.0 sap days on averageWeek of May 25: 0.0 sap days on averageDecJanFebMarAprMaytaps in ~Feb 25
Average number of freeze-thaw sap days in each week of the season at Meadville, 1991–2026. A sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. The shaded band is the typical season.

Year-to-year spread

Opening signal
Median Feb 20; the middle half of seasons fell between Feb 9 and Mar 2. Earliest Jan 20 (2017), latest Mar 8 (1994).
Closing signal
Median Mar 26; middle half between Mar 12 and Apr 4. Earliest Feb 20 (2017), latest Apr 12 (1994).
Sap days by month
Dec20%Jan15%Feb19%Mar29%Apr16%May1%

36 seasons of sap weather

Crawford County seasons, 1991–2026

The best sap year at Meadville was 2020 with 59 freeze-thaw days; the leanest was 2011 with 23. Seasons that start early tend to end early too: the trees run on the swing between freezing nights and mild days, and heat ends it.
JanFebMarAprMaysap days20262026: Feb 10 – Mar 3, 33 sap days3320252025: Feb 18 – Mar 25, 34 sap days3420242024: Jan 31 – Mar 3, 35 sap days3520232023: Jan 29 – Mar 3, 52 sap days5220222022: Feb 17 – Mar 15, 44 sap days4420212021: Feb 19 – Mar 21, 33 sap days3320202020: Feb 14 – Mar 19, 59 sap days5920192019: Mar 2 – Apr 4, 42 sap days4220182018: Feb 20 – Mar 26, 43 sap days4320172017: Jan 20 – Feb 20, 30 sap days3020162016: Feb 9 – Mar 13, 54 sap days5420152015: Mar 7 – Apr 5, 34 sap days3420142014: Mar 8 – Apr 7, 35 sap days3520132013: Mar 6 – Apr 7, 34 sap days3420122012: Feb 9 – Mar 12, 52 sap days5220112011: Mar 6 – Apr 6, 23 sap days2320102010: Feb 22 – Mar 28, 25 sap days2520092009: Feb 22 – Mar 27, 39 sap days3920082008: Mar 4 – Apr 4, 32 sap days3220072007: Feb 19 – Mar 22, 29 sap days2920062006: Feb 6 – Mar 9, 36 sap days3620052005: Feb 26 – Mar 26, 29 sap days2920042004: Feb 23 – Mar 25, 30 sap days3020032003: Feb 26 – Apr 1, 24 sap days2420022002: Feb 6 – Mar 12, 41 sap days4120012001: Mar 5 – Apr 5, 36 sap days3620002000: Feb 2 – Mar 8, 41 sap days4119991999: Feb 27 – Mar 30, 49 sap days4919981998: Jan 31 – Mar 7, 38 sap days3819971997: Feb 20 – Mar 27, 46 sap days4619961996: Mar 8 – Apr 12, 45 sap days4519951995: Feb 15 – Mar 19, 58 sap days5819941994: Mar 8 – Apr 12, 50 sap days5019931993: Mar 3 – Apr 4, 45 sap days4519921992: Feb 3 – Mar 5, 50 sap days5019911991: Feb 20 – Mar 26, 52 sap days52
Each bar runs from the season's opening signal to its closing signal, estimated from daily temperatures at Meadville. Dashed lines mark the typical dates. The right column counts freeze-thaw sap days from December through May.

Maple production

Crawford County in the Census of Agriculture

USDA counts maple operations every five years. In Crawford County the 2022 Census found 41 farms making syrup (+3% since 2017), with taps +40% and syrup output +41% over the same five years. That works out to about 0.29 gallons of syrup per tap in 2022 (0.29 in 2017). Among the 385 counties in this atlas, Crawford County ranks 21 by taps.

Crawford County maple production, 2017 and 2022 (USDA Census of Agriculture)
Census yearFarmsTapsGallons of syrupGal / tap
202241153,89545,4250.29
201740109,93132,1860.29

Nearby

Neighboring maple counties

Distances are between reference towns; typical dates are each county's own estimate.

About these numbers

The season dates are estimated from 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures for the PRISM 4-km grid cell at Meadville (1,188ft), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast: a sap day is an overnight low under 30.2 °F followed by an afternoon high over 37.4 °F. Each season's closing signal is the last sap day before accumulated warmth reaches a threshold, and the opening signal sits five weeks before that, never earlier than the first real freeze-thaw week. Tested against 117 state-seasons of USDA-reported dates, the rule lands within 5.5 days of the reported close and 6.6 days of the reported opening on average, and the typical dates shown here are scaled to Pennsylvania's USDA record (12 years). Production figures are copied from the Census as published. Full method, calibration tables and the downloadable dataset →

Sources · 6

  1. 1.2022 Census of Agriculture, County Level Data — Pennsylvania, Table 37: Maple Syrup, 2022 and 2017 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
  2. 2.PRISM daily temperature grids (AN81d, 4 km), accessed 2026-10-05 · PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu
  3. 3.Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) web services · NOAA Regional Climate Centers
  4. 4.USDA NASS maple syrup reports — approximate average season opened and closed dates, 2011–2022 · USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (mirrored by the University of Vermont)
  5. 5.Sap flow in sugar maple: timing and weather drivers (Frontiers in Agronomy, 2025) · de Lima Santos et al.
  6. 6.GeoNames gazetteer (cities500), CC BY 4.0 · GeoNames

FAQ

Crawford County sugaring questions

When should I tap maple trees in Crawford County, Pennsylvania?
In a typical year the sap starts running around February 25 near Meadville and the season winds down around March 29. Have your taps in a day or two before the first forecast string of freezing nights and 40 °F days. In the past 36 seasons the weather signal came as early as Jan 20 and as late as Mar 8.
How much maple syrup does Crawford County produce?
The 2022 Census of Agriculture counted 41 maple operations in Crawford County with 153,895 taps producing 45,425 gallons of syrup, ranking 2 of 45 Pennsylvania's counties with published tap counts.
How many sap days does Crawford County get in a season?
On average 39.8 freeze-thaw sap days from December through May at Meadville, of which about 13.6 are textbook days with a night in the 20s and a day in the 40s. The best season since 1991 was 2020 (59 sap days); the leanest was 2011 (23).
Where do these dates come from?
From 36 seasons of daily high and low temperatures at Meadville (PRISM 4-km grid), scored with the same freeze-thaw rule as our live forecast, then calibrated against USDA's reported season dates for Pennsylvania. They describe a typical year at one point in the county; your sugarbush, slope and elevation can shift them by days.

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