Zip 18655 (Shickshinny, PA) Climate

18655 Shickshinny, PA has a humid continental climate with warm summers and cold winters. The average temperatures range from the low 20's to the mid 80's in summer. Winter brings snowfall and temperatures that dip as low as -25 degrees Fahrenheit. Rainfall is fairly consistent throughout the year, averaging over 3 inches per month. Summers are hot and humid, while winters can be extremely cold with occasional blizzards and Arctic air invasions. Winters usually bring consistent snow cover from December through March.

Shickshinny (zip 18655), Pennsylvania gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Shickshinny (zip 18655) averages 37 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 176 sunny days per year in Shickshinny (zip 18655). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Shickshinny (zip 18655) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 128 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 81 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 45 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 37 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 18655 zip code is 6.8 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9.1 Summer - 4.6 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 18655 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Shickshinny, Pennsylvania	United States
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	80.9°	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 18655 zip code with an average high temperature of 80.9°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 18655 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 18655 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 18655 zip code, there are 4.5 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 18655 zip code with an average of 16.2°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18655 zip code, there are 139.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 18655 zip code, there are 4.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 18655 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.

June is the wettest month in the 18655 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.4 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 44.6 inches in the 18655 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.

May is the rainiest month in the 18655 zip code with 12.2 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 9.3 rainy days. There are 128.2 rainy days annually in the 18655 zip code, which is about average compared to other 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 37.2 inches in the 18655 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 18655 zip code with 12.6 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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