Bradford 4sw Rsch, PA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Bradford 4sw Rsch's primary NOAA station, BRADFORD 4SW RSCH 5.
The climate verdict for Bradford 4sw Rsch
Water is the standout signal in Bradford 4sw Rsch, Pennsylvania: 49.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 45°F. At 54/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 31% of scores.
- 45°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 54/100
- comfort score, above 31% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.6"
- annual precipitation · 75" snow
- 139 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Bradford 4sw Rsch: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00360868 · Bradford 4sw Rsch, PA 45°F mean · 49.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 45°F
- RANK-COOL #1,372
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Ithaca
- PRCP-MID 49.6"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-LOW 54/100
- LOAD-HEAT 7,459 HDD
- STN-1 USC00360868
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Ithaca, NY (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every PA station list.
- Bradford 4sw Rs… (this station) 45°F
- Hot Bear Lake State…, UT 45°F
- Near Ithaca, NY 45°F
- Near Liberty, NY 45°F
- Near Delhi, NY 45°F
Climate Living Index · Bradford 4sw Rsch
Bradford 4sw Rsch: 28/100 · grade F
Bradford 4sw Rsch publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Bradford 4sw Rsch, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 54/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 49.6 in · 14.6 from 35 in | 49/100 · D |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 168 calendar days | 34/100 · F |
| Annual temperature balance | 45.2°F · 22.3° from 67.5°F | 20/100 · F |
| Frost-free season | 139 days/year | 18/100 · F |
| Snowfall burden | 75.2 inches/year | 8/100 · F |
Bradford 4sw Rsch · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Bradford 4sw Rsch is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 21.7°F and warmest-month mean 67.1°F place this station in continental, no dry season, warm summer climates (Dfb). Class Dfb is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, warm summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfb
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 67.1°F
- Coldest month
- 21.7°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Bradford 4sw Rsch sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Bradford 4sw Rsch's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Cooler than 80%
- Among 6,861 stations, Bradford 4sw Rsch sits in the cooler third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Bradford 4sw Rsch's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 61st percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Bradford 4sw Rsch compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Bradford 4sw Rsch's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
54 31st percentile score exceeds 31% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Bradford 4sw Rsch's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 65 complete annual observations from 1942 to 2025, BRADFORD 4SW RSCH 5 warmed at a fitted rate of 0.12°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Bradford 4sw Rsch primary station fitted change +0.12 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31°F (-1°C) | 13°F (-11°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 3.8" | 20.5" | 29.0 | 0.0 |
| February | 33°F (1°C) | 13°F (-10°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 2.8" | 15.6" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| March | 42°F (6°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 3.3" | 10.0" | 26.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 4.2" | 2.9" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| May | 68°F (20°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 5.2 | 0.1 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 51°F (11°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| July | 79°F (26°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 5.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| August | 78°F (25°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 4.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| September | 71°F (22°C) | 47°F (8°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 1.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 59°F (15°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 4.4" | 0.8" | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 46°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 3.9" | 7.0" | 22.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 35°F (2°C) | 20°F (-7°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 4.1" | 18.4" | 28.4 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 79°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 168 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 11°F near January 29.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into April 16, then returns to freezing around November 1, covering 168 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is January 5, when 55% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 28 at 36%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 162 wet dates a year.
The widest day
May 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Bradford 4sw Rsch.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 20.5"
17.1 days with precipitation
Snow: 15.6"
13.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 10.0"
12.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 2.9"
12.8 days with precipitation
13.3 days with precipitation
13.2 days with precipitation
12.4 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
11.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.8"
14.2 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.0"
14.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 18.4"
16.4 days with precipitation
Bradford 4sw Rsch spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Bradford 4sw Rsch has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.4°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: July averages 5.0" and February 2.8". The three wettest months together take 29% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
How Bradford 4sw Rsch's precipitation splits across the calendar
About 162 days a year record measurable precipitation here, carrying 49.6" between them, or roughly 0.31 inches on a typical wet day. That sits in the middle band: neither the many-light-days pattern of the Pacific Northwest and the Great Lakes, nor the few-heavy-events pattern of the Gulf and the desert Southwest.
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year and say nothing about the heaviest single storm on record.
Winter brings real snow to Bradford 4sw Rsch
Bradford 4sw Rsch averages 75.2 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 40 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 75.2 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 40 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 15% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 4
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
May 18
50% probability date
Growing Season
139 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
7,459
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
292
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside PA closest to Bradford 4sw Rsch on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (45°F here).
- Albert Lea, MN 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Brillion, WI 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Easton, WA 45°F · 0.0°F off
- Freeville, NY 45°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (49.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Elnora, IN 49.6" · 0.0" off
- Seymour, IN 49.6" · 0.0" off
- Haverhill, MA 49.6" · 0.0" off
- Madison, WV 49.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Bradford 4sw Rsch
heating led · wet · mid swing
Bradford 4sw Rsch's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 7,459 annual heating degree days against 292 for cooling. Its 45.4°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Only about 139 days are frost-free in a normal year. That short interval is consistent with the cold-season signal, but the measure does not predict the exact first or last freeze in any one year.
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1. Bradford 4sw Rsch coldest normal
January
Averaging 22°F (-6°C), this month sits below freezing for the month as a whole, not merely overnight.
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2. Bradford 4sw Rsch typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Bradford 4sw Rsch snow peak
January
Bradford 4sw Rsch averages 75.2 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Bradford 4sw Rsch's primary station: BRADFORD 4SW RSCH 5 (USC00360868). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Bradford 4sw Rsch; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Bradford 4sw Rsch comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.