Lehigh township (Carbon County), PA Climate


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Lehigh township (Carbon County), Pennsylvania gets 51 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Lehigh township (Carbon County) averages 38 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 192 sunny days per year in Lehigh township (Carbon County). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Lehigh township (Carbon County) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 123 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 51 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 38 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

9.1 Summer - 4.8 Winter
August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Lehigh township (Carbon County), while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateLehigh township (Carbon County), PennsylvaniaUnited States
  51.4 in.38.1 in.
  37.6 in.27.8 in.
  122.5 days106.2 days
  192 days205 days
  81.8°85.8°
  15.6°21.7°
  6.97
  3.84.3
  1166 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 Lehigh township (Carbon County) with an average high temperature of 81.8°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In Lehigh township (Carbon County), there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Lehigh township (Carbon County) are June, August and July.
In Lehigh township (Carbon County), 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 Lehigh township (Carbon County) with an average of 15.6°. This is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.
In Lehigh township (Carbon County), there are 143.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Lehigh township (Carbon County), there are 5.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
Humidity in Lehigh township (Carbon County) is generally low and comfortable. But there some days when the humidity becomes unpleasant, especially in July and August. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.
June is the wettest month in Lehigh township (Carbon County) with 5.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 27% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 51.4 inches in Lehigh township (Carbon County) means that it is one of the wettest places in Pennsylvania.
May is the rainiest month in Lehigh township (Carbon County) with 11.8 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.1 rainy days. There are 122.5 rainy days annually in Lehigh township (Carbon County), 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 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 37.6 inches in Lehigh township (Carbon County) means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Lehigh township (Carbon County) with 12.3 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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