Zip 18821 (Great Bend, PA) Climate

The climate in 18821 Great Bend, PA is a typical four-season temperate climate. Summers are hot and humid with temperatures often reaching into the 80s and occasionally into the 90s. Winters can be quite cold and snowy, dipping to below freezing temperatures quite often. The average annual precipitation for 18821 Great Bend, PA is about 43 inches of rain and snow combined, most of which falls between May and August. Spring and autumn are generally mild but can sometimes be quite unpredictable with sudden temperature changes or extreme weather systems passing through.

Great Bend (zip 18821), Pennsylvania gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Great Bend (zip 18821) averages 65 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 154 sunny days per year in Great Bend (zip 18821). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Great Bend (zip 18821) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 157 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 81 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 13
Rain: averages 44 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 65 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 18821 zip code is 6.4 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 3.9 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 18821 zip code, while January and February 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 18821 zip code with an average high temperature of 80.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 18821 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 18821 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 18821 zip code, there are 4.2 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Pennsylvania.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 18821 zip code with an average of 12.7°. This is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18821 zip code, there are 156.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18821 zip code, there are 11.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 18821 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.

June is the wettest month in the 18821 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 43.5 inches in the 18821 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 18821 zip code with 15.1 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 11.4 rainy days. There are 156.7 rainy days annually in the 18821 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 64.7 inches in the 18821 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 18821 zip code with 18.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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