Zip 16937 (Mills, PA) Climate

16937 Mills, PA has a humid continental climate with four distinct seasons. In the summer months, temperatures average around 70°F and can reach up to 90°F on hot days. The winters are cold in 16937 Mills, PA, with low temperatures usually reaching below 0°F, while winter highs often reach the mid-20s. Rainfall is abundant throughout the year, with an annual average of over 40 inches. Snowfall occurs mainly in the winter months and can be up to 30 inches annually.

Mills (zip 16937), Pennsylvania gets 37 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Mills (zip 16937) averages 61 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 173 sunny days per year in Mills (zip 16937). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mills (zip 16937) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 146 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 77 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 13
Rain: averages 37 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 61 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 16937 zip code is 6.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Pennsylvania.

8.9 Summer - 3.9 Winter

July, August and June are the most pleasant months in the 16937 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Mills, 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 16937 zip code with an average high temperature of 77.4°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Pennsylvania. In the 16937 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 16937 zip code are July, August and June.

In the 16937 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 16937 zip code with an average of 13.1°. This is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 16937 zip code, there are 162.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 16937 zip code, there are 8.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 16937 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 16937 zip code with 4.4 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 1.9 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 32% of yearly precipitation and 17% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 36.8 inches in the 16937 zip code means that it is one of the driest places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 16937 zip code with 13.9 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.6 rainy days. There are 145.5 rainy days annually in the 16937 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 26% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 61.0 inches in the 16937 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 16937 zip code with 14.4 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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