Ferndale, PA Climate

Ferndale, PA has a humid continental climate with warm and humid summers and cold winters. The summers are typically sunny and the temperatures range from mild to hot, with occasional thunderstorms in the afternoons. Winters are cold and snowy, with temperatures dropping below freezing for most of the season. Rainfall is evenly distributed throughout the year, averaging around 36 inches annually.

Ferndale, Pennsylvania gets 46 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Ferndale averages 80 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 164 sunny days per year in Ferndale. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Ferndale gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 157 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 18
Rain: averages 46 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 80 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

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

8.9 Summer - 4 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Ferndale, 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 Ferndale with an average high temperature of 82.4°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In Ferndale, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Ferndale are June, August and September.

In Ferndale, there are 9.3 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 Ferndale with an average of 17.9°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In Ferndale, there are 137.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In Ferndale, there are 5.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in Ferndale 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.

July is the wettest month in Ferndale 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 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.6 inches in Ferndale means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in Ferndale with 16.5 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.4 rainy days. There are 156.7 rainy days annually in Ferndale, which is rainier than most places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Spring when it rains 29% of the time and the driest is Autumn with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 80.0 inches in Ferndale means that it is one of the snowiest places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in Ferndale with 23.1 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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