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United States / Pennsylvania / Bradford Metro Area / McKean County / Smethport / Zip Codes
Smethport, PA has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. January is the coldest month of the year, with average temperatures ranging from 17°F to 34°F. July is the hottest month of the year, with average temperatures ranging from 69°F to 84°F. The area gets most of its precipitation during the summer months, with a high of 4.2 inches in July and a low of 1.4 in February. Snowfall averages around 37 inches annually. Overall, Smethport has warm summers and cool winters with plenty of rainfall throughout the year.

Smethport, Pennsylvania gets 47 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Smethport averages 60 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 156 sunny days per year in Smethport. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Smethport gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 167 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 13
Rain: averages 47 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 60 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Smethport is 6.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Pennsylvania.

8.9 Summer - 3.7 Winter
August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Smethport, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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 Smethport with an average high temperature of 79.2°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Pennsylvania. In Smethport, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Smethport are August, July and June.
In Smethport, there are 0.9 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 Smethport with an average of 13.4°. This is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.
In Smethport, there are 165.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.
In Smethport, there are 11.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.
Humidity in Smethport 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.
June is the wettest month in Smethport with 5.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.6 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 46.7 inches in Smethport means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.
December is the rainiest month in Smethport with 16.9 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 11.7 rainy days. There are 166.5 rainy days annually in Smethport, which is one of the rainiest places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 59.8 inches in Smethport means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Smethport with 16.5 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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