Zip 15762 (Nicktown, PA) Climate

15762 Nicktown, PA has a humid continental climate with cold winters and warm summers. During the winter months temperatures average around 28°F with highs rarely exceeding 45°F. The average summer temperature is around 68°F, and temperatures can reach as high as 88°F in the hottest months of the year. Precipitation is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year, but snowfall does tend to be quite heavy during the winter months. The area also experiences some thunderstorms during the summer.

Nicktown (zip 15762), Pennsylvania gets 48 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Nicktown (zip 15762) averages 81 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 163 sunny days per year in Nicktown (zip 15762). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Nicktown (zip 15762) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 177 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 16
Rain: averages 48 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 81 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 15762 zip code is 6.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 3.7 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 15762 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Nicktown, 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 15762 zip code with an average high temperature of 80.2°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 15762 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 15762 zip code are August, June and July.

In the 15762 zip code, there are 2.0 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 15762 zip code with an average of 16.4°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15762 zip code, there are 148.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15762 zip code, there are 5.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 15762 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.

July is the wettest month in the 15762 zip code with 4.9 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 47.8 inches in the 15762 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 15762 zip code with 19.2 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 11.5 rainy days. There are 176.6 rainy days annually in the 15762 zip code, which is one of the rainiest places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 30% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 21% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 80.5 inches in the 15762 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 15762 zip code with 23.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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