Fairless Hills, PA Climate


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Fairless Hills, PA has a humid continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. The area experiences four distinct seasons with average temperatures ranging from 37°F (3°C) in the winter to 76°F (24°C) in the summer. Precipitation is common throughout the year, with an average annual amount of 40 inches (1,016 mm). The city averages around 175 sunny days each year, with snowfall averaging around 20 inches (508 mm). Temperatures can also drop below freezing during winter months, so it's important to prepare for colder weather.

Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania gets 48 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Fairless Hills averages 19 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 Fairless Hills. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Fairless Hills gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 119 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 86 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 23
Rain: averages 48 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 19 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Fairless Hills is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Pennsylvania.

8.7 Summer - 5.5 Winter
September, June and May are the most pleasant months in Fairless Hills, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateFairless Hills, PennsylvaniaUnited States
  47.6 in.38.1 in.
  18.7 in.27.8 in.
  118.6 days106.2 days
  204 days205 days
  85.5°85.8°
  22.9°21.7°
  7.37
  44.3
  108 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 Fairless Hills with an average high temperature of 85.5°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Pennsylvania. In Fairless Hills, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Fairless Hills are September, June and August.
In Fairless Hills, there are 16.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Pennsylvania.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Fairless Hills with an average of 22.9°. This is one of the warmest places in Pennsylvania.
In Fairless Hills, there are 101.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the warmest places in Pennsylvania.
In Fairless Hills, there are 0.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the warmest places in Pennsylvania.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Fairless Hills 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.
July is the wettest month in Fairless Hills with 5.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 47.6 inches in Fairless Hills means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.
May is the rainiest month in Fairless Hills with 11.4 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.5 rainy days. There are 118.6 rainy days annually in Fairless Hills, which is less rainy than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 18.7 inches in Fairless Hills means that it is less snowy than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Fairless Hills with 5.9 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Being in FairlessHills could be the best or the worst of two worlds. Bucks county overall is great but this is in Lower Bucks. Situtated between two bedroom communities  More

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