Zip 15641 (Hyde Park, PA) Climate

15641 Hyde Park, PA has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. Summers are hot and humid with temperatures reaching the high 80s and low 90s during the day and mild evenings in the mid 60s. Winters tend to be cold with temperatures dropping into the high 20s and 30s by day and the low teens at night. Spring is usually mild with temperatures ranging from the mid 40s to low 70s while autumn tends to be cool with highs in the mid 50s to upper 60s. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year however snowfall can vary significantly from season to season.

Hyde Park (zip 15641), Pennsylvania gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Hyde Park (zip 15641) averages 28 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 Hyde Park (zip 15641). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Hyde Park (zip 15641) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 146 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 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 19
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 28 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 15641 zip code is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 4.8 Winter

August, June and September are the most pleasant months in the 15641 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 15641 zip code with an average high temperature of 83.7°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania. In the 15641 zip code, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 15641 zip code are June, September and August.

In the 15641 zip code, there are 9.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 15641 zip code with an average of 19.2°. This is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15641 zip code, there are 129.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15641 zip code, there are 4.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 15641 zip code but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.

June is the wettest month in the 15641 zip code with 4.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.2 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 30% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 40.3 inches in the 15641 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 15641 zip code with 14.5 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 9.8 rainy days. There are 146.1 rainy days annually in the 15641 zip code, 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 28.0 inches in the 15641 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 15641 zip code with 9.8 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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