Zip 15462 (Melcroft, PA) Climate

15462 Melcroft, PA has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. The average temperature in summer is around 73°F (23°C) while the average temperature in winter is around 32°F (0°C). The region experiences an average of 40 inches (101 cm) of rain and 80 inches (203 cm) of snowfall per year. Despite its location in the Appalachian Mountains, the area does not experience extreme weather conditions. Winters are typically cold but mild, with temperatures rarely dropping below 0°F (-17°C). Summer days are usually sunny with minor thunderstorms or showers every so often.

Melcroft (zip 15462), Pennsylvania gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Melcroft (zip 15462) averages 61 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 160 sunny days per year in Melcroft (zip 15462). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Melcroft (zip 15462) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 152 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 17
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 61 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 15462 zip code is 6.7 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 4.3 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 15462 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Melcroft, 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 15462 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.0°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 15462 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 15462 zip code are June, August and September.

In the 15462 zip code, there are 6.3 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 15462 zip code with an average of 17.3°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15462 zip code, there are 141.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15462 zip code, there are 6.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 15462 zip code is generally low and comfortable. But there some days when the humidity becomes unpleasant, especially in July and August. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.

May is the wettest month in the 15462 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.4 inches in the 15462 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 15462 zip code with 15.2 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.4 rainy days. There are 151.6 rainy days annually in the 15462 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 Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 60.6 inches in the 15462 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 15462 zip code with 19.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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