Zip 16232 (Knox, PA) Climate

16232 Knox, PA has a typical humid continental climate characterized by four distinct seasons. Summers tend to be warm and humid with average high temperatures in the mid-80s. Winters are cold with temperatures typically falling below freezing and snowfall commonly occurring from November through March. Spring brings mild temperatures with abundant rainfall while autumn is generally cool with comfortable days and crisp evenings. The average yearly precipitation for 16232 Knox, PA is 39 inches of rain and 22 inches of snow.

Knox (zip 16232), Pennsylvania gets 46 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Knox (zip 16232) averages 52 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 161 sunny days per year in Knox (zip 16232). The US average is 205 sunny days.

Knox (zip 16232) gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 169 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 46 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 52 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for the 16232 zip code is 6.5 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in Pennsylvania.

9 Summer - 4 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in the 16232 zip code, while January and December are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Knox, 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 16232 zip code with an average high temperature of 81.4°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in Pennsylvania. In the 16232 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 16232 zip code are June, August and July.

In the 16232 zip code, there are 5.8 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 16232 zip code with an average of 16.0°. This is colder than most places in Pennsylvania.

In the 16232 zip code, there are 150.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

In the 16232 zip code, there are 7.5 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in Pennsylvania.

Humidity in the 16232 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 16232 zip code with 5.0 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.5 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 31% of yearly precipitation and 19% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 45.8 inches in the 16232 zip code means that it is wetter than most places in Pennsylvania.

January is the rainiest month in the 16232 zip code with 18.4 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 11.5 rainy days. There are 169.1 rainy days annually in the 16232 zip code, which is one of the rainiest 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 51.9 inches in the 16232 zip code means that it is snowier than most places in Pennsylvania. January is the snowiest month in the 16232 zip code with 16.0 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.

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