Laurel Mtn, PA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Pulled from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →: climate measurements used in PlainClimate's documented score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Laurel Mtn's primary NOAA station, LAUREL MTN.
The climate verdict for Laurel Mtn
Water is the standout signal in Laurel Mtn, Pennsylvania: 49.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 50°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 50°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 49.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 174 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Laurel Mtn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00364836 · Laurel Mtn, PA 50°F mean · 49.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-COOL · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 50°F
- RANK-COOL #2,607
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Kingston
- PRCP-MID 49.6"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 6,045 HDD
- STN-1 USC00364836
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Kingston, RI ( -0.1 °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.
- Laurel Mtn (this station) 50°F
- Cold Kingston, RI 50°F
- Hot Spokane Felts F…, WA 50°F
- Near Parker, CO 50°F
- Near Savage Rvr Dam, MD 50°F
Climate Living Index · Laurel Mtn
Laurel Mtn: 48/100 · grade D
Laurel Mtn publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Laurel Mtn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 131 calendar days | 58/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 49.6 in · 14.6 from 35 in | 49/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 174 days/year | 45/100 · D |
| Annual temperature balance | 49.6°F · 17.9° from 67.5°F | 39/100 · F |
Laurel Mtn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Laurel Mtn is a continental Köppen climate: Dfb
Coldest-month mean 27.2°F and warmest-month mean 70.2°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
- 70.2°F
- Coldest month
- 27.2°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 Laurel Mtn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Laurel Mtn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 38th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 20% wettest
- Laurel Mtn's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 49th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Laurel Mtn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Laurel Mtn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
64 49th percentile score exceeds 49% 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
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F (2°C) | 19°F (-7°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 4.1" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 20°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 3.3" | 25.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 48°F (9°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 4.3" | 21.1 | 0.0 |
| April | 61°F (16°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 4.6" | 7.4 | 0.0 |
| May | 69°F (21°C) | 48°F (9°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 4.5" | 1.2 | 0.0 |
| June | 76°F (24°C) | 57°F (14°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| July | 80°F (27°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 70°F (21°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| August | 78°F (26°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 4.0" | 0.0 | 0.6 |
| September | 72°F (22°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| October | 62°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.6" | 4.2 | 0.0 |
| November | 50°F (10°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 3.4" | 14.2 | 0.0 |
| December | 41°F (5°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.6" | 25.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 80°F around July 12, short of 90°F on every date, while 131 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 18°F near January 21.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 30, then returns to freezing around November 21, covering 131 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 10, when 45% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is August 27 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 134 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 26 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Laurel Mtn.
Where Laurel Mtn Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Laurel Mtn earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
14.7 days with precipitation
11.7 days with precipitation
11.5 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
12.9 days with precipitation
10.9 days with precipitation
10.0 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
9.5 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
12.1 days with precipitation
Laurel Mtn 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 22%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Laurel Mtn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 5.0" and February 3.3". 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.
When it rains in Laurel Mtn, it arrives in quantity
49.6" of precipitation falls across only about 134 wet days here, averaging 0.37 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 134 a year, 37% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.37 inches
- Most wet days
- January, about 15
- Fewest wet days
- August, 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 17
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
174 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
6,045
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
478
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside PA closest to Laurel Mtn 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 (50°F here).
- Castle Rock, CO 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Hershey, NE 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Kewanee, IL 50°F · 0.0°F off
- Leon, IA 50°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
- Madison, WV 49.5" · 0.0" off
- Haverhill, MA 49.6" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Laurel Mtn's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Laurel Mtn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 6,045 annual heating degree days against 478 for cooling. Its 43.0°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Laurel Mtn's frost-free season lasts about 174 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Laurel Mtn's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.0°F. The annual average is 50°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Laurel Mtn carries 49.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Laurel Mtn's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Laurel Mtn, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Laurel Mtn's primary station: LAUREL MTN (USC00364836). 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 Laurel Mtn; 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 Laurel Mtn 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.