Dushore, Pennsylvania climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Dushore's normal year runs from 15°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 43.4 inches of precipitation and 41 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.8°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 26°C, 1,103 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationDushore
- Station IDUSC00362323
- Location41.52°N 76.40°W
- Elevation1,530 ft (466 m)
- Population458
On October 22, the normal high in Dushore is 57°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 42%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Dushore.
- Jan 32° 15°
- Feb 35° 16°
- Mar 43° 22°
- Apr 56° 32°
- May 68° 43°
- Jun 76° 52°
- Jul 80° 56°
- Aug 78° 55°
- Sep 71° 47°
- Oct 60° 37°
- Nov 47° 29°
- Dec 38° 21°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Dushore each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 15°F. The most precipitation falls in July (4.52 in), the least in February (2.25 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 15°F | 23.5°F | 3.08 | 10.6 | 13 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 35°F | 16°F | 25.4°F | 2.25 | 10.6 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 43°F | 22°F | 32.6°F | 3.13 | 6.9 | 11 | <1 | 27 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 32°F | 44.3°F | 3.95 | 2.0 | 13 | <1 | 17 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 68°F | 43°F | 55.1°F | 4.10 | 0.1 | 14 | <1 | 5 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 76°F | 52°F | 63.9°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 80°F | 56°F | 67.9°F | 4.52 | 0.0 | 13 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 78°F | 55°F | 66.2°F | 4.50 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 71°F | 47°F | 59.1°F | 4.13 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 60°F | 37°F | 48.2°F | 3.81 | 0.7 | 13 | <1 | 12 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 47°F | 29°F | 38.3°F | 2.91 | 2.5 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 38°F | 21°F | 29.2°F | 3.08 | 8.0 | 13 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 35°F | 46.1°F | 43.43 | 41.4 | 149 | 2 | 166 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −10°C | −4.7°C | 78 mm | 27 cm |
| February | 2°C | −9°C | −3.7°C | 57 mm | 27 cm |
| March | 6°C | −6°C | 0.3°C | 80 mm | 18 cm |
| April | 14°C | 0°C | 6.8°C | 100 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 20°C | 6°C | 12.8°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 11°C | 17.7°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 13°C | 19.0°C | 114 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 8°C | 15.1°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 9.0°C | 97 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 9°C | −2°C | 3.5°C | 74 mm | 6 cm |
| December | 3°C | −6°C | −1.6°C | 78 mm | 20 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00362323; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
When is the best weather to visit Dushore?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (11).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00362323.
When is the last frost in Dushore?
In Dushore, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 14 in half of years and after May 27 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 2 in half of years and before September 20 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- May 141 year in 10 after May 27; 9 in 10 after April 28
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 21 year in 10 before September 20; 9 in 10 before October 16
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 143 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 166 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 1 in half of springs and before October 15 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Dushore in zone 6a in ZIP code 18614, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Dushore's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (15 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Pennsylvania · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00362323; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get in Dushore?
In a normal year in Dushore, 2 days a year reach 90°F, 166 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 149 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 166a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 45high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 149a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 15a normal year
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00362323.
How sunny is Dushore?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Dushore, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (55%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 59% | 1.7 |
| February | 63% | 2.5 |
| March | 64% | 3.5 |
| April | 66% | 4.6 |
| May | 68% | 5.3 |
| June | 72% | 5.8 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 75% | 5.1 |
| September | 72% | 4.1 |
| October | 65% | 2.7 |
| November | 64% | 1.9 |
| December | 55% | 1.3 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How much heating and cooling does Dushore need?
A normal year in Dushore brings 7,158 heating degree days, 33% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 316 cooling degree days, 65% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,111 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,286 | 0 |
| February | 1,107 | 0 |
| March | 1,004 | 0 |
| April | 622 | 1 |
| May | 322 | 14 |
| June | 98 | 65 |
| July | 31 | 119 |
| August | 50 | 87 |
| September | 203 | 28 |
| October | 523 | 2 |
| November | 803 | 0 |
| December | 1,108 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,158 | 316 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00362323. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Has Dushore been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 47.1°F, 1.0°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 46.1°F. 4 of the 4 complete years since 2022 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 46.5°F | +0.4°F | 47.16 | 61.0 |
| 2023 | 48.7°F | +2.6°F | 49.85 | 30.1 |
| 2024 | 49.2°F | +3.1°F | 46.20 | 47.6 |
| 2025 | 47.1°F | +1.0°F | 36.00 | 24.9 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00362323. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Dushore's climate compare?
Dushore is warmer than 9 of the other 107 places with their own NOAA record in Pennsylvania, and wetter than 42. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.1°F is warmer than 24%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Dushore is Dfb: continental, no dry season, warm summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Dushore share this climate record?
5 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Noxen, PA656 people · 19 mi E
- Mildred, PA380 people · 3 mi S
- Laceyville, PA359 people · 15 mi NE
- Mehoopany, PA283 people · 18 mi E
- New Albany, PA255 people · 6 mi N
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Dushore's climate
What is the coldest month in Dushore?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 15°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 56°F at night).
Does it snow in Dushore?
Yes: 41 inches in a normal year, falling on 24 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (10.6 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Dushore?
July, with 4.52 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.25 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Dushore in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Dushore in zone 6a in ZIP code 18614, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Dushore's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −10°F (15 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Dushore?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 14; in one year in ten it comes after May 27. Waiting until May 27 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Pennsylvania climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Laporte, PA8 miles from this station, 45.0°F a year
- Towanda, PA16 miles from this station, 49.1°F a year
- Benton, PA21 miles from this station, 47.6°F a year
- Canton, PA25 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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