Zip 15846 (Kersey, PA) Climate

15846 Kersey, PA has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. The average temperature for January is around 27 degrees Fahrenheit, while the average temperature for July is around 73 degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, but more snowfall typically occurs during the winter months. Winters are usually cloudy with occasional snowstorms, while summer months tend to bring sunny days and moderate temperatures.

Kersey (zip 15846), Pennsylvania gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Kersey (zip 15846) averages 69 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 166 sunny days per year in Kersey (zip 15846). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Kersey (zip 15846) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 163 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 78 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 14
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 69 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 15846 zip code is 6.2 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 3.6 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 15846 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 15846 zip code with an average high temperature of 78.1°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Pennsylvania. In the 15846 zip code, there are 3 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for the 15846 zip code are July, August and June.

In the 15846 zip code, there are 0.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in Pennsylvania.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 15846 zip code with an average of 13.9°. This is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15846 zip code, there are 156.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15846 zip code, there are 9.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 15846 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 15846 zip code with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.5 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 45.1 inches in the 15846 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.

December is the rainiest month in the 15846 zip code with 16.0 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 11.5 rainy days. There are 163.3 rainy days annually in the 15846 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 68.6 inches in the 15846 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 15846 zip code with 19.2 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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