Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt, 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 Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt's primary NOAA station, LANCASTER 2NE FLTR PLT.
The climate verdict for Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt, Pennsylvania has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 63/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 46% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 63/100
- comfort score, above 46% of station-mapped location scores
- 44.1"
- annual precipitation · 21" snow
- 188 days
- frost-free growing season
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00364763 · Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt, PA 54°F mean · 44.1" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,842
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Cumberland
- PRCP-MID 44.1"
- SWING-MID 45°F
- COMF-MID 63/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,129 HDD
- STN-1 USC00364763
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Cumberland, MD (+ 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.
- Lancaster 2ne F… (this station) 54°F
- Hot New Brunswick, NJ 54°F
- Near Cumberland, MD 54°F
- Near Reading Spaatz…, PA 54°F
- Near Wfo Wilmington, OH 54°F
Climate Living Index · Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt: 59/100 · grade C
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 63/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 44.1 in · 9.1 from 35 in | 68/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 119 calendar days | 65/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 188 days/year | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 53.7°F · 13.8° from 67.5°F | 55/100 · C |
| Snowfall burden | 21.4 inches/year | 47/100 · D |
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.0°F and warmest-month mean 75.9°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 75.9°F
- Coldest month
- 31.0°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 Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 56th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 67th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 58th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
63 46th percentile score exceeds 46% 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%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 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
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 40 complete annual observations from 1981 to 2025, LANCASTER 2NE FLTR PLT warmed at a fitted rate of 0.34°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt primary station fitted change +0.34 °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 | 40°F (4°C) | 22°F (-5°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 3.0" | 6.1" | 26.2 | 0.0 |
| February | 43°F (6°C) | 24°F (-5°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 2.5" | 7.4" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 52°F (11°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 3.5" | 3.4" | 17.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 65°F (18°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 53°F (11°C) | 3.5" | 0.2" | 4.4 | 0.1 |
| May | 75°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.2 | 1.3 |
| June | 83°F (28°C) | 60°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| July | 87°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| August | 85°F (30°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.8" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 1.3 |
| October | 66°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 4.2" | 0.3" | 1.9 | 0.1 |
| November | 55°F (13°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.3" | 0.6" | 13.3 | 0.0 |
| December | 44°F (7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.5" | 3.4" | 23.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 11, short of 90°F on every date, while 119 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near January 24.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 20, then returns to freezing around November 23, covering 119 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 May 10, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 30 at 30%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 124 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 29 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 6.1"
10.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 7.4"
8.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.4"
10.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
10.9 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
11.1 days with precipitation
10.3 days with precipitation
9.7 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
9.9 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.4"
10.9 days with precipitation
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 28% of the annual total and December through February 20%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 4.8" and February 2.5". The three wettest months together take 31% 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.
When it rains in Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt, it arrives in quantity
44.1" of precipitation falls across only about 124 wet days here, averaging 0.36 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 124 a year, 34% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.36 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Winter brings real snow to Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt averages 21.4 inches of snowfall a year, with February the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 8 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: 21.4 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 8 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 5% 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 24
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 19
50% probability date
Growing Season
188 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,129
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,030
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside PA closest to Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt 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 (54°F here).
- Beaverton, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Caliente, NV 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Carrollton, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Centralia, KS 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (44.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Luray, VA 44.1" · 0.0" off
- Crawfordsville, IN 44.2" · 0.0" off
- York, SC 44.1" · 0.0" off
- Hiram, OH 44.1" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,129 annual heating degree days against 1,030 for cooling. Its 44.9°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt's frost-free season lasts about 188 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 31°F (-1°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt snow peak
February
Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt averages 21.4 inches of snow a year, with February 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 Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt's primary station: LANCASTER 2NE FLTR PLT (USC00364763). 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 Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt; 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 Lancaster 2ne Fltr Plt 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.