Zip 17948 (Mahanoy City, PA) Climate

17948 Mahanoy City, PA has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm to hot summers. The average high in the summer is around 81°F while in the winter it is around 36°F. Precipitation during the year averages around 42 inches, with most of it occurring from late spring into early fall. Snowfall is common throughout the winter months, with an annual average of about 30 inches. Humidity levels range from moderately low in the summer to very high in the winter months due to the temperature differential between outside temperatures and inside heated spaces.

Mahanoy City (zip 17948), Pennsylvania gets 52 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Mahanoy City (zip 17948) averages 41 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 185 sunny days per year in Mahanoy City (zip 17948). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mahanoy City (zip 17948) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 127 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 16
Rain: averages 52 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 41 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 17948 zip code is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 4.6 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 17948 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Mahanoy City, 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 17948 zip code with an average high temperature of 81.1°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 17948 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 17948 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 17948 zip code, there are 3.1 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 17948 zip code with an average of 16.2°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 17948 zip code, there are 143.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 17948 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 17948 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 17948 zip code with 5.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 27% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 52.1 inches in the 17948 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Pennsylvania.

May is the rainiest month in the 17948 zip code with 12.2 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.5 rainy days. There are 126.8 rainy days annually in the 17948 zip code, which is about average compared to other 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 41.2 inches in the 17948 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 17948 zip code with 12.7 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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