East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
East Stroudsburg's normal year runs from 19°F January nights to 84°F July afternoons, with 53.5 inches of precipitation and 42 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.2°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 29°C, 1,360 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationEast Stroudsburg
- Station IDUSC00368596
- Location41.01°N 75.21°W
- Elevation471 ft (144 m)
- Population9,445
On October 14, the normal high in East Stroudsburg is 64°F and the normal low 41°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 38%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for East Stroudsburg.
- Jan 36° 19°
- Feb 39° 21°
- Mar 48° 28°
- Apr 62° 37°
- May 72° 47°
- Jun 80° 56°
- Jul 84° 61°
- Aug 82° 59°
- Sep 75° 52°
- Oct 63° 40°
- Nov 51° 32°
- Dec 40° 25°
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 East Stroudsburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 84°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 19°F. The most precipitation falls in June (5.50 in), the least in February (3.12 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 19°F | 27.5°F | 3.78 | 11.3 | 13 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 39°F | 21°F | 30.0°F | 3.12 | 10.3 | 11 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 48°F | 28°F | 38.0°F | 4.04 | 9.5 | 11 | <1 | 22 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 37°F | 49.5°F | 4.31 | 0.9 | 12 | <1 | 9 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 47°F | 59.8°F | 4.41 | 0.0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 80°F | 56°F | 67.8°F | 5.50 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 84°F | 61°F | 72.7°F | 4.71 | 0.0 | 12 | 7 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 82°F | 59°F | 70.7°F | 4.83 | 0.0 | 12 | 4 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 75°F | 52°F | 63.6°F | 5.30 | 0.0 | 10 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 40°F | 51.7°F | 5.24 | 0.1 | 12 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 32°F | 41.2°F | 3.89 | 1.5 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 40°F | 25°F | 32.5°F | 4.42 | 8.0 | 12 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 40°F | 50.4°F | 53.55 | 41.6 | 142 | 17 | 137 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −7°C | −2.5°C | 96 mm | 29 cm |
| February | 4°C | −6°C | −1.1°C | 79 mm | 26 cm |
| March | 9°C | −2°C | 3.3°C | 103 mm | 24 cm |
| April | 17°C | 3°C | 9.7°C | 109 mm | 2 cm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.4°C | 112 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 13°C | 19.9°C | 140 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 29°C | 16°C | 22.6°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.5°C | 123 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 11°C | 17.6°C | 135 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 5°C | 10.9°C | 133 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | 0°C | 5.1°C | 99 mm | 4 cm |
| December | 5°C | −4°C | 0.3°C | 112 mm | 20 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00368596; 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 East Stroudsburg?
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 (10).
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 USC00368596.
When is the last frost in East Stroudsburg?
In East Stroudsburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 1 in half of years and after May 18 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 12 in half of years and before October 1 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 11 year in 10 after May 18; 9 in 10 after April 18
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 121 year in 10 before October 1; 9 in 10 before October 28
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 163 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 187 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 19 in half of springs and before October 23 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts East Stroudsburg in zone 6b in ZIP code 18327, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, East Stroudsburg's NOAA station is in zone 6b: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (17 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 USC00368596; 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 East Stroudsburg?
In a normal year in East Stroudsburg, 17 days a year reach 90°F, 137 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 142 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 17a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 137a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 24high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 142a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 10a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1911) is 106°F, on September 3, 1953; the lowest is −35°F, on January 14, 1912.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2011, with 81.90 in; the snowiest season is 1957–58, with 109.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00368596; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00368596. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is East Stroudsburg?
Over a year 69% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around East Stroudsburg, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (56%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 60% | 1.6 |
| February | 63% | 2.5 |
| March | 64% | 3.5 |
| April | 66% | 4.5 |
| May | 68% | 5.2 |
| June | 72% | 5.7 |
| July | 76% | 5.8 |
| August | 75% | 5.1 |
| September | 73% | 4.1 |
| October | 65% | 2.7 |
| November | 64% | 1.9 |
| December | 56% | 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 East Stroudsburg need?
A normal year in East Stroudsburg brings 5,953 heating degree days, 11% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 674 cooling degree days, 26% fewer than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,873 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,161 | 0 |
| February | 981 | 0 |
| March | 836 | 0 |
| April | 469 | 5 |
| May | 200 | 37 |
| June | 42 | 127 |
| July | 4 | 241 |
| August | 11 | 189 |
| September | 110 | 68 |
| October | 418 | 6 |
| November | 713 | 0 |
| December | 1,009 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,953 | 674 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00368596. 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 East Stroudsburg been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 50.2°F, 0.2°F below the 1991-2020 normal of 50.4°F. 3 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 51.5°F | +1.1°F | 56.94 | 46.7 |
| 2022 | 50.2°F | −0.2°F | 48.51 | 29.7 |
| 2023 | 51.9°F | +1.5°F | 56.12 | 16.0 |
| 2024 | 52.1°F | +1.7°F | 51.26 | 44.1 |
| 2025 | 50.2°F | −0.2°F | 37.44 | 31.5 |
Over 78 complete years from 1911 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.9°F per century (+0.22°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00368596; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does East Stroudsburg's climate compare?
East Stroudsburg is warmer than 50 of the other 107 places with their own NOAA record in Pennsylvania, and wetter than 103. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.4°F is warmer than 42%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, East Stroudsburg is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot 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 East Stroudsburg share this climate record?
13 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.
- Arlington Heights, PA6,844 people · 1 mi S
- Stroudsburg, PA5,819 people · 2 mi S
- Penn Estates, PA3,691 people · 2 mi NW
- Vienna, NJ940 people · 20 mi SE
- Great Meadows, NJ353 people · 19 mi SE
- Silver Lake, NJ319 people · 15 mi SE
- Blairstown, NJ258 people · 13 mi E
- Hainesburg, NJ258 people · 9 mi SE
- Mount Hermon, NJ237 people · 13 mi SE
- Hope, NJ214 people · 15 mi SE
- Marksboro, NJ156 people · 16 mi E
- Columbia, NJ152 people · 9 mi SE
- Delaware, NJ86 people · 11 mi SE
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 East Stroudsburg's climate
What is the coldest month in East Stroudsburg?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 19°F. The warmest is July (84°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow in East Stroudsburg?
Yes: 42 inches in a normal year, falling on 25 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (11.3 inches).
What is the rainiest month in East Stroudsburg?
June, with 5.50 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.12 in.
What plant hardiness zone is East Stroudsburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts East Stroudsburg in zone 6b in ZIP code 18327, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at East Stroudsburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −3°F (17 years, 1991-2020): zone 6b.
How late can frost come in East Stroudsburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 1; in one year in ten it comes after May 18. Waiting until May 18 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
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- Mount Pocono, PA12 miles from this station, 45.8°F a year
- Belvidere, NJ14 miles from this station, 50.1°F a year
- Phillipsburg, NJ22 miles from this station, 52.1°F a year
- Newton, NJ24 miles from this station, 50.4°F a year
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