Ashley, PA Climate


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Ashley, PA has an interesting climate. Throughout the year, it experiences four distinct seasons with moderate temperatures. Summers are usually warm and humid, with high temperatures averaging in the low 80s. Winters tend to be cold and snowy, with temperatures dipping down into the 20s on average. Spring and fall provide a pleasant reprieve from the extremes, offering mild days and cool nights. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year in Ashley, making it a great place to be outdoors any time of the year!

Ashley, Pennsylvania gets 42 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Ashley averages 37 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 175 sunny days per year in Ashley. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Ashley gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 128 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 42 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 37 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Ashley is 6.9 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

9.1 Summer - 4.8 Winter
August, June and July are the most pleasant months in Ashley, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateAshley, PennsylvaniaUnited States
  41.6 in.38.1 in.
  36.8 in.27.8 in.
  128.0 days106.2 days
  175 days205 days
  81.9°85.8°
  16.2°21.7°
  6.97
  3.84.3
  712 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 Ashley with an average high temperature of 81.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In Ashley, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Ashley are June, August and July.
In Ashley, there are 6.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Pennsylvania.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Ashley with an average of 16.2°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Ashley, there are 137.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Ashley, there are 4.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Ashley but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.
September is the wettest month in Ashley with 4.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.2 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 19% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 41.6 inches in Ashley means that it is drier than most places in Pennsylvania.
May is the rainiest month in Ashley with 12.2 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.3 rainy days. There are 128.0 rainy days annually in Ashley, which is about average compared to other 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 36.8 inches in Ashley means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Ashley with 12.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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