Moon Twp, 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 Moon Twp's primary NOAA station, MOON TWP.
The climate verdict for Moon Twp
Moon Twp, Pennsylvania has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 51°F. Its climate comfort score of 64/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 49% of station-mapped location scores.
- 51°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 64/100
- comfort score, above 49% of station-mapped location scores
- 41.8"
- yearly precipitation total
- 173 days
- frost-free growing season
Moon Twp: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00365918 · Moon Twp, PA 51°F mean · 41.8" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-WIDE · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 51°F
- RANK-MID #3,019
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Steubenville
- PRCP-MID 41.8"
- SWING-WIDE 45°F
- COMF-MID 64/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,848 HDD
- STN-1 USC00365918
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Steubenville, OH (+ 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.
- Moon Twp (this station) 51°F
- Cold New Philadelphia, OH 51°F
- Hot Black Rock, UT 51°F
- Near Steubenville, OH 51°F
- Near Walpole, MA 51°F
Climate Living Index · Moon Twp
Moon Twp: 54/100 · grade D
Moon Twp publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Moon Twp, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 64/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Precipitation balance | 41.8 in · 6.8 from 35 in | 76/100 · B |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 134 calendar days | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 50.9°F · 16.6° from 67.5°F | 44/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 173 days/year | 44/100 · D |
Moon Twp · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Moon Twp is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 27.5°F and warmest-month mean 72.6°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
- 72.6°F
- Coldest month
- 27.5°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 Moon Twp sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Moon Twp's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 44th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- 62nd percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 59th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Moon Twp compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Moon Twp'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) | 28°F (-2°C) | 3.1" | 27.6 | 0.0 |
| February | 39°F (4°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 2.6" | 23.6 | 0.0 |
| March | 49°F (9°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 3.4" | 21.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 38°F (3°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.6" | 8.2 | 0.0 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 49°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 4.0" | 0.4 | 0.2 |
| June | 79°F (26°C) | 58°F (15°C) | 69°F (20°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 1.2 |
| July | 83°F (28°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 5.2 |
| August | 82°F (28°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 3.6" | 0.0 | 2.1 |
| September | 76°F (24°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 3.8" | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| October | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.1" | 2.5 | 0.0 |
| November | 51°F (10°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 3.1" | 16.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 40°F (5°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.3" | 22.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 83°F around July 21, short of 90°F on every date, while 134 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 19°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 31, then returns to freezing around November 19, covering 134 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.
The widest day
April 22 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 Moon Twp.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Moon Twp spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 29% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Moon Twp has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a wide 45.1°F gap between its warmest and coldest month.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: June averages 4.4" and February 2.6". The three wettest months together take 30% 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.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 18
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 28
50% probability date
Growing Season
173 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,848
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
727
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside PA closest to Moon Twp 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 (51°F here).
- Battle Ground, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Belington, WV 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Blaine, WA 51°F · 0.0°F off
- Bland, VA 51°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (41.8" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Mannford, OK 41.8" · 0.0" off
- Wyoming, NY 41.8" · 0.0" off
- Washington, DC 41.8" · 0.0" off
- Fredonia, KS 41.8" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Moon Twp's climate pattern fits together
heating led · moderate · mid swing
Moon Twp's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,848 annual heating degree days against 727 for cooling. Its 45.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Moon Twp's frost-free season lasts about 173 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 Moon Twp's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 45.1°F. The annual average is 51°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Moon Twp's 41.8 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Moon Twp'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 Moon Twp, 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 Moon Twp's primary station: MOON TWP (USC00365918). 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 Moon Twp; 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 Moon Twp 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.