Zip 16624 (Chest Springs, PA) Climate

16624 Chest Springs, PA has a temperate climate with hot summers and cold winters. During the summer months, temperatures can range from the mid-70s to the mid-90s, while in winter temperatures can dip as low as 0°F or below. Rainfall is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year and snowfall is usually moderate in the winter months. Humidity levels tend to be low throughout the year and sunshine is plentiful during most of it.

Chest Springs (zip 16624), Pennsylvania gets 45 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Chest Springs (zip 16624) averages 74 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 Chest Springs (zip 16624). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Chest Springs (zip 16624) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 159 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 74 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 16624 zip code is 6.5 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 3.9 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 16624 zip code, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Chest Springs, Pennsylvania	United States
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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 16624 zip code with an average high temperature of 80.8°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 16624 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 16624 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 16624 zip code, there are 2.9 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 16624 zip code with an average of 16.3°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 16624 zip code, there are 147.8 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 16624 zip code, there are 6.3 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 16624 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.

July is the wettest month in the 16624 zip code with 4.5 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.8 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 45.0 inches in the 16624 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 16624 zip code with 16.3 days of rain, and August is the driest month with only 10.8 rainy days. There are 159.0 rainy days annually in the 16624 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 74.0 inches in the 16624 zip code means that it is one of the snowiest places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 16624 zip code with 20.8 inches of snow, and 7 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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