Belmont, PA Climate


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Belmont, PA has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are typically warm and humid with temperatures reaching into the low 80s Fahrenheit while winters are cold and snowy with temperatures dropping below freezing during the night. During spring and autumn, temperatures fluctuate between cool nights to mild days. Precipitation is plentiful throughout the year, ranging from rain showers in the spring to snowfall in late fall and winter.

Belmont, Pennsylvania gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Belmont averages 85 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 166 sunny days per year in Belmont. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Belmont gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 162 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 79 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 17
Rain: averages 44 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 85 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Belmont is 6.4 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Pennsylvania.

9.1 Summer - 3.8 Winter
August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Belmont, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateBelmont, PennsylvaniaUnited States
  43.8 in.38.1 in.
  84.7 in.27.8 in.
  161.5 days106.2 days
  166 days205 days
  79.3°85.8°
  16.7°21.7°
  6.47
  3.74.3
  1693 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 Belmont with an average high temperature of 79.3°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Pennsylvania. In Belmont, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Belmont are August, July and June.
In Belmont, there are 0.8 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Pennsylvania.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Belmont with an average of 16.7°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Belmont, there are 142.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Belmont, there are 5.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
Humidity in Belmont 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.
May is the wettest month in Belmont with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.6 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 43.8 inches in Belmont means that it is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.
January is the rainiest month in Belmont with 18.2 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 10.7 rainy days. There are 161.5 rainy days annually in Belmont, which is one of the rainiest places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 84.7 inches in Belmont means that it is one of the snowiest places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Belmont with 25.5 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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