Zip 14741 (Great Valley, NY) Climate

14741 Great Valley, NY has a humid continental climate with hot, muggy summers and cold winters. The average temperature in the summer months is in the mid-seventies while in the winter it typically stays around the mid-thirties. In July, the warmest month of the year, temperatures often reach into the eighties and occasionally into the nineties. Rainfall is equally distributed throughout the year with snowfall typically beginning in November and ending in April. All four seasons can be experienced as temperatures rarely reach extreme highs or lows, making 14741 Great Valley an ideal place to call home.

Great Valley (zip 14741), New York gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Great Valley (zip 14741) averages 106 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 157 sunny days per year in Great Valley (zip 14741). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Great Valley (zip 14741) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 173 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 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 106 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 14741 zip code is 6.0 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in New York.

8.9 Summer - 3.2 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 14741 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

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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.

July is the hottest month for the 14741 zip code with an average high temperature of 79.3°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in New York. In the 14741 zip code, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 14741 zip code are August, July and June.

In the 14741 zip code, there are 2.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in New York.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 14741 zip code with an average of 12.6°. This is colder than most places in New York.

In the 14741 zip code, there are 166.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in New York.

In the 14741 zip code, there are 15.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in New York.

Humidity in the 14741 zip code 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.

July is the wettest month in the 14741 zip code with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.4 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.4 inches in the 14741 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in New York.

January is the rainiest month in the 14741 zip code with 18.6 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 12.0 rainy days. There are 172.9 rainy days annually in the 14741 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in New York. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 106.4 inches in the 14741 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in New York. January is the snowiest month in the 14741 zip code with 27.9 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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