Upper St. Clair, PA Climate


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Upper St. Clair Township, PA has a humid continental climate with hot and humid summers and cold winters. The average high temperature in the summer months is around 82°F (27°C) and the average low is 64°F (17°C). In the winter months, the average high temperature is around 40°F (4°C) and the average low temperature is 22°F (-5°C). Precipitation averages around 39 inches annually, with most of it falling in the spring and summer months. There are also occasional snowfalls during the winter months.

Upper St. Clair, Pennsylvania gets 39 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Upper St. Clair averages 30 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 162 sunny days per year in Upper St. Clair. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Upper St. Clair gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 147 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 20
Rain: averages 39 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 30 inches of snow a year


Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

9 Summer - 4.7 Winter
August, June and September are the most pleasant months in Upper St. Clair township, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateUpper St. Clair, PennsylvaniaUnited States
  38.8 in.38.1 in.
  30.4 in.27.8 in.
  147.1 days106.2 days
  162 days205 days
  82.2°85.8°
  20.0°21.7°
  6.97
  3.44.3
  1104 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 Upper St. Clair township with an average high temperature of 82.2°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In Upper St. Clair township, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Upper St. Clair township are June, August and September.
In Upper St. Clair township, there are 5.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Pennsylvania.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Upper St. Clair township with an average of 20.0°. This is warmer than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Upper St. Clair township, there are 117.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Pennsylvania.
In Upper St. Clair township, there are 2.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Upper St. Clair township 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.
June is the wettest month in Upper St. Clair township with 4.1 inches of rain, and the driest month is October with 2.4 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 38.8 inches in Upper St. Clair township means that it is drier than most places in Pennsylvania.
January is the rainiest month in Upper St. Clair township with 15.0 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 9.6 rainy days. There are 147.1 rainy days annually in Upper St. Clair township, which is rainier than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 30.4 inches in Upper St. Clair township means that it is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Upper St. Clair township with 9.1 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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Over 4 years ago

Upper saint Clair is.... okay. The school district is just disappointing. The students planned to have a peaceful protest for the blm movement outside of the high school  More

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