Climate in Zip 17862 (Penns Creek, PA)

Penns Creek (zip 17862), Pennsylvania gets 44 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Penns Creek (zip 17862) averages 30 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 177 sunny days per year in Penns Creek (zip 17862). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Penns Creek (zip 17862) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 122 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 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 18
Rain: averages 44 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 30 inches of snow a year

BESTPLACES COMFORT INDEX

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 17862 zip code is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

July is the hottest month for the 17862 zip code with an average high temperature of 83.6°, which ranks it as about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania. In the 17862 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 17862 zip code are June, September and August.

In the 17862 zip code, there are 8.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 17862 zip code with an average of 18.4°. This is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

In the 17862 zip code, there are 132.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

In the 17862 zip code, there are 2.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 17862 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

June is the wettest month in the 17862 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 29% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 44.2 inches in the 17862 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.

May is the rainiest month in the 17862 zip code with 12.2 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.3 rainy days. There are 122.0 rainy days annually in the 17862 zip code, which is less rainy than most 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 30.4 inches in the 17862 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 17862 zip code with 11.3 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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