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United States / Pennsylvania / Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton Metro Area / Northampton County / Lower Mount Bethel / Zip Codes
Lower Mount Bethel, PA has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. Temperatures range from an average of 38°F in the winter to an average of 75°F in the summer. The region receives around 43 inches of precipitation annually, most of it coming from April through August. In Lower Mount Bethel, PA snowfall is common during the winter months. June, July and August are typically the warmest and wettest months, while December and January are the coldest and driest months of the year.

Lower Mount Bethel, Pennsylvania gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lower Mount Bethel averages 32 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 204 sunny days per year in Lower Mount Bethel. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lower Mount Bethel gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 129 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 83 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 18
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 32 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Lower Mount Bethel is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

8.9 Summer - 5 Winter
August, June and September are the most pleasant months in Lower Mount Bethel, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateLower Mount Bethel, PennsylvaniaUnited States
  49.1 in.38.1 in.
  32.1 in.27.8 in.
  128.8 days106.2 days
  204 days205 days
  83.3°85.8°
  18.2°21.7°
  77
  3.74.3
  531 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 Lower Mount Bethel with an average high temperature of 83.3°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania. In Lower Mount Bethel, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Lower Mount Bethel are June, September and August.
In Lower Mount Bethel, there are 10.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Lower Mount Bethel with an average of 18.2°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Lower Mount Bethel, there are 134.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Lower Mount Bethel, there are 2.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Lower Mount Bethel but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.
September is the wettest month in Lower Mount Bethel with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.1 inches in Lower Mount Bethel means that it is one of the wettest places in Pennsylvania.
May is the rainiest month in Lower Mount Bethel with 12.7 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 9.2 rainy days. There are 128.8 rainy days annually in Lower Mount Bethel, 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 32.1 inches in Lower Mount Bethel means that it is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Lower Mount Bethel with 10.4 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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