Zip 19348 (Kennett Square, PA) Climate

Kennett Square, PA has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average high temperature in the summer is around 86°F and the average low temperature in the winter is around 30°F. Precipitation varies throughout the year, with the most occurring during July and August. In addition, Kennett Square experiences occasional snowfall throughout the winter months.

Kennett Square (zip 19348), Pennsylvania gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Kennett Square (zip 19348) averages 23 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 201 sunny days per year in Kennett Square (zip 19348). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Kennett Square (zip 19348) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 121 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 85 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 23 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 19348 zip code is 7.1 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

8.7 Summer - 5.3 Winter

June, September and May are the most pleasant months in the 19348 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Kennett Square, 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.

July is the hottest month for the 19348 zip code with an average high temperature of 84.8°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 19348 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 19348 zip code are September, June and August.

In the 19348 zip code, there are 11.9 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 19348 zip code with an average of 21.8°. This is one of the warmest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 19348 zip code, there are 110.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 19348 zip code, there are 0.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the warmest places in Pennsylvania.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 19348 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.

September is the wettest month in the 19348 zip code with 4.9 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.2 inches. The wettest season is Winter with 26% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.0 inches in the 19348 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Pennsylvania.

April is the rainiest month in the 19348 zip code with 11.6 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 9.0 rainy days. There are 121.0 rainy days annually in the 19348 zip code, which is less rainy than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 22.8 inches in the 19348 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Pennsylvania. February is the snowiest month in the 19348 zip code with 8.3 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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