Zip 18244 (Parryville, PA) Climate

18244 Parryville, PA has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. During the summer months, temperatures reach an average high of around 81°F and during the winter months, temperatures drop to an average low of around 18°F. Along with the typical hot summer days, 18244 Parryville experiences thunderstorms, hail storms, and occasionally even tornadoes. Winters bring snowfall that can accumulate up to several inches. Despite the extreme weather conditions in the area, residents enjoy four distinct seasons that offer plenty of outdoor activities for all to enjoy.

Parryville (zip 18244), Pennsylvania gets 48 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Parryville (zip 18244) averages 35 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 204 sunny days per year in Parryville (zip 18244). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Parryville (zip 18244) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 109 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 85 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 48 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 35 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 18244 zip code is 7.1 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 5.1 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 18244 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Parryville, Pennsylvania	United States
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	85.1°	85.8°
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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 18244 zip code with an average high temperature of 85.1°, which ranks it as warmer than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 18244 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 18244 zip code are September, June and August.

In the 18244 zip code, there are 17.4 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the hottest places in Pennsylvania.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 18244 zip code with an average of 16.4°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18244 zip code, there are 142.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18244 zip code, there are 3.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 18244 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.

September is the wettest month in the 18244 zip code with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 27% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 47.9 inches in the 18244 zip code means that it is one of the wettest places in Pennsylvania.

May is the rainiest month in the 18244 zip code with 10.6 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 7.6 rainy days. There are 109.1 rainy days annually in the 18244 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 27% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 34.7 inches in the 18244 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. February is the snowiest month in the 18244 zip code with 11.5 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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