Mountain Top, PA Climate


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Mountain Top, PA is known for having a temperate climate with distinct seasons. The winters are cold but not too extreme, usually reaching temperatures in the mid-30s during the day and dropping down to the 20s at night. Summers are warm and pleasant, with temperatures generally staying in the 70s during the day and cooling off to the upper 50s at night. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year with an average annual rainfall of about 40 inches. Snowfall can vary significantly from year to year, but typically ranges between 10 and 12 inches annually.

Mountain Top, Pennsylvania gets 47 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Mountain Top averages 39 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 176 sunny days per year in Mountain Top. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mountain Top gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 125 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.


Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 80 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 47 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 39 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Mountain Top is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9.2 Summer - 4.6 Winter
August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Mountain Top, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateMountain Top, PennsylvaniaUnited States
  47.2 in.38.1 in.
  38.5 in.27.8 in.
  125.0 days106.2 days
  176 days205 days
  80.4°85.8°
  15.6°21.7°
  6.87
  3.84.3
  1568 ft.2443 ft.
Climate
YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Mountain Top with an average high temperature of 80.4°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In Mountain Top, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Mountain Top are August, June and July.
In Mountain Top, there are 3.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Pennsylvania.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Mountain Top with an average of 15.6°. This is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.
In Mountain Top, there are 143.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Mountain Top, there are 5.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
Humidity in Mountain Top is generally quite low and comfortable. There are few days during the summer when the humidity becomes unpleasant. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
June is the wettest month in Mountain Top with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 47.2 inches in Mountain Top means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.
May is the rainiest month in Mountain Top with 11.9 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.4 rainy days. There are 125.0 rainy days annually in Mountain Top, which is less rainy than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 38.5 inches in Mountain Top means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Mountain Top with 13.3 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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