Vail, PA Climate

Vail, PA has a humid continental climate with cold winters and hot summers. The average annual temperature in Vail is 48°F (9°C) with January usually being the coldest month and July being the warmest. The average precipitation in Vail is approximately 45 inches per year, with most of it falling during summer thunderstorms. Snowfall usually begins in early December and continues until late March or April. Winters are generally long and cold, but temperatures can be quite mild at times with short periods of snowfall. Spring starts out chilly but gradually warms up until summer, which lasts through late September.

Climate	Vail, Pennsylvania	United States
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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.