Zip 17320 (Carroll Valley, PA) Climate

17320 Carroll Valley, PA typically has a humid continental climate. Summers are generally warm and humid, while winters can be cold and snowy. The area experiences all four seasons, with an average annual temperature of 50°F. Precipitation is fairly equally distributed throughout the year, though summer months tend to have slightly higher rainfall totals than winter months. Snowfall averages around 20 inches per year. Spring is the wettest season with an average of 4 inches of rain each month.

Carroll Valley (zip 17320), Pennsylvania gets 43 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Carroll Valley (zip 17320) averages 26 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 196 sunny days per year in Carroll Valley (zip 17320). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Carroll Valley (zip 17320) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 114 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 86 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 22
Rain: averages 43 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 26 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 17320 zip code is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in Pennsylvania.

8.7 Summer - 5.5 Winter

June, September and August are the most pleasant months in the 17320 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Carroll Valley, Pennsylvania	United States
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	85.5°	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 17320 zip code with an average high temperature of 85.5°, which ranks it as one of the hottest places in Pennsylvania. In the 17320 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 17320 zip code are September, June and May.

In the 17320 zip code, there are 14.1 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is hotter than most places in Pennsylvania.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for the 17320 zip code with an average of 21.9°. This is one of the warmest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 17320 zip code, there are 111.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 17320 zip code, there are 1.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is warmer than most places in Pennsylvania.

The humidity is usually comfortable in the 17320 zip code but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.

May is the wettest month in the 17320 zip code with 4.3 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.8 inches. The wettest season is Summer with 27% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 43.1 inches in the 17320 zip code means that it is about average compared to other places in Pennsylvania.

May is the rainiest month in the 17320 zip code with 11.9 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.2 rainy days. There are 113.6 rainy days annually in the 17320 zip code, which is one of the least rainy places in Pennsylvania. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Spring with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 25.6 inches in the 17320 zip code means that it is less snowy than most places in Pennsylvania. February is the snowiest month in the 17320 zip code with 10.1 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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