Zip 18912 (Buckingham, PA) Climate

In 1891, Buckingham, PA had an average annual temperature of 49.4 degrees Fahrenheit, with a range between 28.6 and 71.7 degrees Fahrenheit. The area typically has cold winters and warm summers, with the average low in January reaching 24.4 degrees Fahrenheit and the average high in July reaching 78.3 degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation is evenly spread throughout the year, averaging around 47 inches per year, with February being the driest month and May being the wettest month on record.

Buckingham (zip 18912), Pennsylvania gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Buckingham (zip 18912) averages 22 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 205 sunny days per year in Buckingham (zip 18912). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Buckingham (zip 18912) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 111 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 86 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 22 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 18912 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Pennsylvania.

8.7 Summer - 5.4 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in the 18912 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Buckingham, Pennsylvania	United States
	48.5 in.	38.1 in.
	21.5 in.	27.8 in.
	110.8 days	106.2 days
	205 days	205 days
	85.6°	85.8°
	21.9°	21.7°
	7.2	7
	4	4.3
	299 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 the 18912 zip code with an average high temperature of 85.6°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Pennsylvania. In the 18912 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 18912 zip code are September, June and May.

In the 18912 zip code, there are 16.5 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Pennsylvania.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 18912 zip code with an average of 21.9°. This is one of the warmest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18912 zip code, there are 108.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18912 zip code, there are 0.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Pennsylvania.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 18912 zip code 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.

July is the wettest month in the 18912 zip code with 5.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.8 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 48.5 inches in the 18912 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Pennsylvania.

April is the rainiest month in the 18912 zip code with 11.1 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 7.8 rainy days. There are 110.8 rainy days annually in the 18912 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 21.5 inches in the 18912 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Pennsylvania. February is the snowiest month in the 18912 zip code with 7.2 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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