Marlon Brando again lost the Academy Award for Best Actor (a second consecutive nomination in a career total of eight nominations) in his title role performance as the Mexican peasant revolutionary Emiliano Zapata in director Elia Kazan's Viva Zapata! (with five nominations and one win-Best Supporting Actor).
CALL 724.656.3568. Welcome to the City of New Castle, Pennsylvania, a National Safety Council Safe Community. New Castle is located in the northwest section of western Pennsylvania, approximately 90 miles south of Erie and 50 miles northwest of Pittsburgh. New Castle is the county seat for Lawrence County with a population under 24,000. We pride ourselves as being a friendly, family oriented community with access to great healthcare and a highly rated school system. The City has the third largest historical district in Pennsylvania.
New Castle, Pennsylvania, gets 39 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 28 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 89. On average, there are 161 sunny days per year in New Castle, Pennsylvania. The July high is around 83 degrees. The January low is 19. Sperling's comfort index for New Castle is a 49 out of 100, where a higher score indicates a more comfortable year-around climate. The US average for the comfort index is 54.