Zip 15360 (Scenery Hill, PA) Climate

15360 Scenery Hill, PA has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average high temperature in the summer months is around 80°F and the average low temperature in the winter months is around 24°F. Precipitation is abundant year-round, with an average of 40 inches of rain and snow per year. Winters tend to be wetter than summers, although all four seasons typically see significant rainfall or snowfall. Despite its location in a heavily forested area, 15360 Scenery Hill experiences very mild winters with no extended periods of extreme cold weather.

Scenery Hill (zip 15360), Pennsylvania gets 40 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Scenery Hill (zip 15360) averages 25 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 162 sunny days per year in Scenery Hill (zip 15360). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Scenery Hill (zip 15360) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 147 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 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 19
Rain: averages 40 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 25 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 15360 zip code is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is more comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9.1 Summer - 4.8 Winter

August, June and July are the most pleasant months in the 15360 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

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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 15360 zip code with an average high temperature of 82.4°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 15360 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 15360 zip code are June, August and September.

In the 15360 zip code, there are 5.9 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in Pennsylvania.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 15360 zip code with an average of 18.9°. This is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15360 zip code, there are 127.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

In the 15360 zip code, there are 3.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 15360 zip code but some summer days can be muggy. July is the most humid month, though it is still relatively mild compared to many other places. The most humid months are July, August and June.

May is the wettest month in the 15360 zip code with 4.2 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 28% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 39.5 inches in the 15360 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 15360 zip code with 14.9 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 9.5 rainy days. There are 146.5 rainy days annually in the 15360 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 24.7 inches in the 15360 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 15360 zip code with 8.2 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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