Penn Estates, PA Climate


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Penn Estates, PA has a humid subtropical climate with hot summers and cold winters. The average high temperature during the summer months is around 84°F, while the average low temperature during the winter months is around 24°F. Rainfall in Penn Estates averages about 44 inches per year, occurring mainly in the spring and summer months. Snow can also be expected throughout the winter season, with an average of 25 inches of snowfall each year.

Penn Estates, Pennsylvania gets 50 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Penn Estates averages 35 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 Penn Estates. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Penn Estates gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 130 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 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 50 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 35 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

9 Summer - 4.9 Winter
August, June and July are the most pleasant months in Penn Estates, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimatePenn Estates, PennsylvaniaUnited States
  50.3 in.38.1 in.
  35.3 in.27.8 in.
  130.0 days106.2 days
  192 days205 days
  83.9°85.8°
  16.2°21.7°
  6.97
  3.74.3
  856 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 Penn Estates with an average high temperature of 83.9°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Pennsylvania. In Penn Estates, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Penn Estates are June, September and August.
In Penn Estates, there are 11.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Pennsylvania.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Penn Estates with an average of 16.2°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Penn Estates, there are 140.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Penn Estates, there are 4.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Penn Estates but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.
September is the wettest month in Penn Estates with 5.0 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.1 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 50.3 inches in Penn Estates means that it is one of the wettest places in Pennsylvania.
May is the rainiest month in Penn Estates with 12.5 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 9.3 rainy days. There are 130.0 rainy days annually in Penn Estates, 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 35.3 inches in Penn Estates means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Penn Estates with 10.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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