Kane, Pennsylvania climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Kane's normal year runs from 13°F January nights to 79°F July afternoons, with 48.5 inches of precipitation and 93 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.0°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 26°C, 1,232 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationKane (1 mi NNE)
- Station IDUSC00364432
- Location41.68°N 78.80°W
- Elevation1,750 ft (533 m)
- Population3,489
On October 23, the normal high in Kane is 56°F and the normal low 33°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 48%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Kane.
- Jan 30° 13°
- Feb 33° 13°
- Mar 42° 20°
- Apr 56° 30°
- May 67° 40°
- Jun 75° 49°
- Jul 79° 53°
- Aug 78° 52°
- Sep 71° 45°
- Oct 59° 35°
- Nov 46° 28°
- Dec 35° 20°
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 Kane each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 79°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 13°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.73 in), the least in February (2.83 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F | 13°F | 21.8°F | 3.82 | 25.4 | 20 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 33°F | 13°F | 23.0°F | 2.83 | 20.4 | 16 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 42°F | 20°F | 31.2°F | 3.56 | 13.4 | 15 | <1 | 28 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 56°F | 30°F | 43.1°F | 4.24 | 2.9 | 15 | <1 | 20 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 40°F | 53.8°F | 4.51 | 0.1 | 14 | <1 | 9 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 75°F | 49°F | 62.2°F | 4.73 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | 1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 79°F | 53°F | 65.9°F | 4.62 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 78°F | 52°F | 64.6°F | 4.43 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 71°F | 45°F | 58.0°F | 3.91 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | 3 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 59°F | 35°F | 47.0°F | 4.03 | 0.8 | 15 | <1 | 15 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 28°F | 36.6°F | 3.84 | 8.2 | 15 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 20°F | 27.4°F | 3.99 | 21.7 | 19 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 33°F | 44.6°F | 48.51 | 92.9 | 177 | 1 | 184 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −10°C | −5.7°C | 97 mm | 65 cm |
| February | 1°C | −11°C | −5.0°C | 72 mm | 52 cm |
| March | 6°C | −7°C | −0.4°C | 90 mm | 34 cm |
| April | 13°C | −1°C | 6.2°C | 108 mm | 7 cm |
| May | 20°C | 5°C | 12.1°C | 115 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 10°C | 16.8°C | 120 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 12°C | 18.8°C | 117 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 11°C | 18.1°C | 113 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 7°C | 14.4°C | 99 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 2°C | 8.3°C | 102 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 2.6°C | 98 mm | 21 cm |
| December | 2°C | −7°C | −2.6°C | 101 mm | 55 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00364432; 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 Kane?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, July, August and September. Of those, August has the fewest days with rain (12).
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 USC00364432.
When is the last frost in Kane?
In Kane, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 24 in half of years and after June 7 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before September 28 in half of years and before September 11 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 241 year in 10 after June 7; 9 in 10 after May 6
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- September 281 year in 10 before September 11; 9 in 10 before October 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 126 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 152 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after May 11 in half of springs and before October 8 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Kane in zone 5b in ZIP code 16735, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Kane's NOAA station is in zone 5a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (28 complete years); the map interpolates between stations and terrain, so the station and the ZIP area can differ by half a zone.
Frost dates for every NOAA station in Pennsylvania · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00364432; 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 Kane?
In a normal year in Kane, 1 day a year reaches 90°F, 184 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 177 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 184a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 60high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 177a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 33a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1894) is 98°F, on June 30, 1944; the lowest is −35°F, on January 19, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1956, with 61.87 in; the snowiest season is 1960–61, with 147.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00364432; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00364432. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Kane?
Over a year 67% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Kane, 3.6 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (75%) and December the cloudiest (50%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 54% | 1.5 |
| February | 58% | 2.3 |
| March | 61% | 3.3 |
| April | 65% | 4.5 |
| May | 67% | 5.2 |
| June | 71% | 5.8 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 75% | 5.2 |
| September | 72% | 4.1 |
| October | 63% | 2.7 |
| November | 61% | 1.8 |
| December | 50% | 1.2 |
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 Kane need?
A normal year in Kane brings 7,650 heating degree days, 42% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 235 cooling degree days, 74% 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 1,881 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,339 | 0 |
| February | 1,175 | 0 |
| March | 1,046 | 0 |
| April | 658 | 1 |
| May | 360 | 13 |
| June | 130 | 47 |
| July | 58 | 88 |
| August | 77 | 65 |
| September | 230 | 20 |
| October | 560 | 2 |
| November | 854 | 0 |
| December | 1,164 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,650 | 235 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00364432. 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 Kane been warmer than normal lately?
2024 averaged 48.3°F, 3.7°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 44.6°F. 2 of the 2 complete years since 2023 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 47.6°F | +3.0°F | 43.16 | 38.8 |
| 2024 | 48.3°F | +3.7°F | 47.92 | 60.4 |
Over 70 complete years from 1941 to 2024, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 2.0°F per century (+0.11°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00364432; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Kane's climate compare?
Kane is warmer than 1 of the other 107 places with their own NOAA record in Pennsylvania, and wetter than 89. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 44.6°F is warmer than 18%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Kane 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 Kane share this climate record?
2 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.
- Sheffield, PA721 people · 12 mi W
- James City, PA176 people · 5 mi SW
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 Kane's climate
What is the coldest month in Kane?
January, with a normal high of 30°F and a normal low of 13°F. The warmest is July (79°F by day, 53°F at night).
Does it snow in Kane?
Yes: 93 inches in a normal year, falling on 53 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (25.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Kane?
June, with 4.73 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.83 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Kane in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Kane in zone 5b in ZIP code 16735, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Kane's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −15°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 5a.
How late can frost come in Kane?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 24; in one year in ten it comes after June 7. Waiting until June 7 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Pennsylvania climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Bradford, PA12 miles from this station, 45.9°F a year
- Glen Hazel 2 NE Dam, PA13 miles from this station, 45.1°F a year
- Clermont (1 mi NW), PA16 miles from this station, 44.2°F a year
- Ridgway, PA18 miles from this station, 47.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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