Elkins Park, PA Climate

Elkins Park, PA has a humid continental climate, characterized by warm to hot summers and cold winters. Average temperatures in the summer months reach up to 81°F and in the winter it can get as low as 22°F. Rainfall is fairly consistent throughout the year with an average of 44 inches of rain annually, while snowfall reaches an average of 20 inches per year. It is not uncommon to experience thunderstorms and other extreme weather conditions throughout the year due to its location in the Susquehanna Valley region of Pennsylvania.

Climate	Elkins Park, Pennsylvania	United States
Rainfall		38.1

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.