Zip 18455 (Preston Park, PA) Climate

18455 Preston Park, PA has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Winters are usually cold and snowy while summers are warm and humid. Spring and autumn can be unpredictable with mild temperature swings. The average high in the summer is around 76 degrees Fahrenheit, while the average low in winter is around 23 degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation is evenly distributed throughout the year, with approximately 49 inches of rainfall annually. Snowfall in 18455 Preston Park, PA averages around 25 inches each year.

Preston Park (zip 18455), Pennsylvania gets 47 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Preston Park (zip 18455) averages 72 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 175 sunny days per year in Preston Park (zip 18455). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Preston Park (zip 18455) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 137 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 78 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 11
Rain: averages 47 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 72 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 18455 zip code is 6.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the least comfortable places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 3.8 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 18455 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Preston Park, Pennsylvania	United States
	46.7 in.	38.1 in.
	71.6 in.	27.8 in.
	137.2 days	106.2 days
	175 days	205 days
	77.8°	85.8°
	10.8°	21.7°
	6.3	7
	3.6	4.3
	1878 ft.	2443 ft.

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 18455 zip code with an average high temperature of 77.8°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Pennsylvania. In the 18455 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 18455 zip code are July, August and June.

In the 18455 zip code, there are 1.1 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 18455 zip code with an average of 10.8°. This is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18455 zip code, there are 171.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18455 zip code, there are 13.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 18455 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 August, July and June.

September is the wettest month in the 18455 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.7 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 20% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 46.7 inches in the 18455 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.

May is the rainiest month in the 18455 zip code with 12.8 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 10.3 rainy days. There are 137.2 rainy days annually in the 18455 zip code, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 26% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 24% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 71.6 inches in the 18455 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 18455 zip code with 20.8 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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