Zip 18830 (Little Meadows, PA) Climate

18830 Little Meadows, PA has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. The average annual temperature is around 46°F (7.8°C), with January being the coldest month and July the warmest. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, but it tends to be slightly heavier in spring and summer months. Snowfall averages around 43 inches per year, with the majority falling between November and April. Winters are long and harsh with temperatures often dipping below zero degrees Fahrenheit at night. Summers are generally warm and humid with occasional thunderstorms rolling through the area.

Little Meadows (zip 18830), Pennsylvania gets 41 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Little Meadows (zip 18830) averages 56 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 Little Meadows (zip 18830). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Little Meadows (zip 18830) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 139 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 80 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 12
Rain: averages 41 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 56 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 18830 zip code is 6.5 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 4.1 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 18830 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Little Meadows, 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 18830 zip code with an average high temperature of 80.2°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 18830 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 18830 zip code are August, June and July.

In the 18830 zip code, there are 4.0 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 18830 zip code with an average of 12.3°. This is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18830 zip code, there are 161.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18830 zip code, there are 11.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 18830 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 18830 zip code with 4.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.3 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 19% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 40.8 inches in the 18830 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 18830 zip code with 12.7 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.4 rainy days. There are 139.2 rainy days annually in the 18830 zip code, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 26% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 56.2 inches in the 18830 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 18830 zip code with 16.1 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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