Zip 16874 (Snow Shoe, PA) Climate

Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania experiences all four seasons with distinct changes in temperature and precipitation. Summers are usually hot and humid with temperatures regularly rising into the high 80s during the day. Winters can be quite cold with average lows dropping to single digits for extended periods of time. Precipitation is fairly consistent throughout the year, though snowfall is much more prevalent during the winter months. Spring and fall tend to be milder and offer a nice transition between summer and winter climates.

Snow Shoe (zip 16874), Pennsylvania gets 42 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Snow Shoe (zip 16874) averages 49 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 179 sunny days per year in Snow Shoe (zip 16874). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Snow Shoe (zip 16874) 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 80 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 16
Rain: averages 42 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 49 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 16874 zip code is 6.5 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 4.1 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 16874 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania	United States
	41.9 in.	38.1 in.
	49.0 in.	27.8 in.
	147.0 days	106.2 days
	179 days	205 days
	79.9°	85.8°
	15.9°	21.7°
	6.5	7
	3.6	4.3
	1706 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 16874 zip code with an average high temperature of 79.9°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in Pennsylvania. In the 16874 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 16874 zip code are August, July and June.

In the 16874 zip code, there are 1.9 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 16874 zip code with an average of 15.9°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 16874 zip code, there are 156.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 16874 zip code, there are 6.1 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 16874 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 July, August and June.

June is the wettest month in the 16874 zip code with 4.3 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 41.9 inches in the 16874 zip code means that it is drier than most places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 16874 zip code with 14.6 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.3 rainy days. There are 147.0 rainy days annually in the 16874 zip code, which is rainier than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring 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 49.0 inches in the 16874 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 16874 zip code with 13.2 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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