Philipsburg, Pennsylvania climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Philipsburg's normal year runs from 16°F January nights to 80°F July afternoons, with 42.0 inches of precipitation and 50 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 8.1°C, January lows of −9°C, July highs of 27°C, 1,067 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationPhilipsburg (2 mi S)
- Station IDUSC00366921
- Location40.87°N 78.22°W
- Elevation1,720 ft (524 m)
- Population2,735
On October 23, the normal high in Philipsburg is 57°F and the normal low 36°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 41%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Philipsburg.
- Jan 32° 16°
- Feb 35° 17°
- Mar 44° 23°
- Apr 57° 34°
- May 68° 45°
- Jun 76° 53°
- Jul 80° 57°
- Aug 78° 55°
- Sep 72° 48°
- Oct 59° 38°
- Nov 47° 29°
- Dec 36° 21°
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 Philipsburg each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 80°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 16°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.08 in), the least in February (2.49 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32°F | 16°F | 23.8°F | 3.02 | 13.1 | 16 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 35°F | 17°F | 25.8°F | 2.49 | 12.7 | 13 | <1 | 26 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 44°F | 23°F | 33.4°F | 3.64 | 9.1 | 13 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 57°F | 34°F | 45.8°F | 3.73 | 2.0 | 15 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 56.2°F | 3.78 | 0.1 | 15 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 76°F | 53°F | 64.1°F | 4.08 | 0.0 | 14 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 80°F | 57°F | 68.3°F | 3.92 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 78°F | 55°F | 66.6°F | 3.51 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 72°F | 48°F | 59.9°F | 4.07 | 0.0 | 10 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 59°F | 38°F | 48.6°F | 3.47 | 0.8 | 13 | <1 | 8 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 47°F | 29°F | 38.0°F | 3.17 | 2.6 | 11 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 36°F | 21°F | 28.8°F | 3.14 | 9.6 | 15 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 57°F | 36°F | 46.6°F | 42.02 | 50.0 | 159 | 4 | 145 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0°C | −9°C | −4.6°C | 77 mm | 33 cm |
| February | 2°C | −9°C | −3.4°C | 63 mm | 32 cm |
| March | 7°C | −5°C | 0.8°C | 92 mm | 23 cm |
| April | 14°C | 1°C | 7.7°C | 95 mm | 5 cm |
| May | 20°C | 7°C | 13.4°C | 96 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 12°C | 17.8°C | 104 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 27°C | 14°C | 20.2°C | 100 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 26°C | 13°C | 19.2°C | 89 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 22°C | 9°C | 15.5°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 9.2°C | 88 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 3.3°C | 81 mm | 7 cm |
| December | 2°C | −6°C | −1.8°C | 80 mm | 24 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00366921; 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 Philipsburg?
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 USC00366921.
When is the last frost in Philipsburg?
In Philipsburg, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 13 in half of years and after May 29 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 1 in half of years and before September 19 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 131 year in 10 after May 29; 9 in 10 after April 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 11 year in 10 before September 19; 9 in 10 before October 18
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 142 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 169 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 30 in half of springs and before October 16 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Philipsburg in zone 6a in ZIP code 16840, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Philipsburg's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (22 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 USC00366921; 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 Philipsburg?
In a normal year in Philipsburg, 4 days a year reach 90°F, 145 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 159 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 4a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 145a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 48high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 159a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 16a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1998) is 102°F, on July 23, 2011; the lowest is −14°F, on January 23, 2025.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 61.76 in; the snowiest season is 2002–03, with 78.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00366921; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00366921. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Philipsburg?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Philipsburg, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (75%) and December the cloudiest (53%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 56% | 1.6 |
| February | 60% | 2.5 |
| March | 62% | 3.4 |
| April | 66% | 4.6 |
| May | 67% | 5.2 |
| June | 72% | 5.8 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 75% | 5.2 |
| September | 73% | 4.2 |
| October | 66% | 2.9 |
| November | 65% | 2.0 |
| December | 53% | 1.4 |
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 Philipsburg need?
A normal year in Philipsburg brings 7,031 heating degree days, 31% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 357 cooling degree days, 61% 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 2,232 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,277 | 0 |
| February | 1,099 | 0 |
| March | 980 | 0 |
| April | 581 | 3 |
| May | 294 | 20 |
| June | 96 | 70 |
| July | 30 | 132 |
| August | 46 | 96 |
| September | 185 | 32 |
| October | 512 | 3 |
| November | 809 | 0 |
| December | 1,124 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,031 | 357 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00366921. 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 Philipsburg been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 48.1°F, 1.5°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 46.6°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 48.8°F | +2.1°F | 41.17 | 44.2 |
| 2022 | 47.3°F | +0.7°F | 43.16 | 50.1 |
| 2023 | 49.3°F | +2.7°F | 39.07 | 19.6 |
| 2024 | 50.0°F | +3.4°F | 48.99 | 45.2 |
| 2025 | 48.1°F | +1.5°F | 38.72 | 29.8 |
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00366921. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Philipsburg's climate compare?
Philipsburg is warmer than 11 of the other 107 places with their own NOAA record in Pennsylvania, and wetter than 26. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 46.6°F is warmer than 26%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Philipsburg 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 Philipsburg share this climate record?
29 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.
- Tyrone, PA5,312 people · 14 mi S
- Osceola Mills, PA1,013 people · 3 mi SW
- Morrisdale, PA813 people · 5 mi N
- Chester Hill, PA791 people · 1 mi NW
- Houtzdale, PA739 people · 8 mi SW
- North Philipsburg, PA659 people · 3 mi N
- West Decatur, PA624 people · 5 mi NW
- Madera, PA562 people · 12 mi W
- Winburne, PA518 people · 7 mi NE
- South Philipsburg, PA512 people · 1 mi N
- Hawk Run, PA496 people · 4 mi N
- Warriors Mark, PA440 people · 13 mi S
- Ramey, PA423 people · 11 mi SW
- Brisbin, PA408 people · 7 mi W
- Olivia, PA406 people · 11 mi S
- Kylertown, PA344 people · 9 mi N
- Wallaceton, PA312 people · 7 mi NW
- Sandy Ridge, PA262 people · 4 mi S
- Bald Eagle, PA219 people · 11 mi S
- Casanova, PA209 people · 6 mi NE
- Allport, PA187 people · 7 mi N
- Northwood, PA161 people · 13 mi S
- Gray, PA105 people · 15 mi S
- Lanse, PA101 people · 8 mi NE
- Birmingham, PA86 people · 16 mi S
- Tyrone Forge, PA27 people · 15 mi S
- Nealmont, PA19 people · 14 mi S
- Vail, PA11 people · 12 mi S
- Ironville, PA0 people · 15 mi S
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 Philipsburg's climate
What is the coldest month in Philipsburg?
January, with a normal high of 32°F and a normal low of 16°F. The warmest is July (80°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow in Philipsburg?
Yes: 50 inches in a normal year, falling on 46 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in January (13.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Philipsburg?
June, with 4.08 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.49 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Philipsburg in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Philipsburg in zone 6a in ZIP code 16840, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Philipsburg's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −6°F (22 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Philipsburg?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 13; in one year in ten it comes after May 29. Waiting until May 29 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Pennsylvania climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Clearfield, PA16 miles from this station, 48.7°F a year
- Clarence, PA19 miles from this station, 46.2°F a year
- State College, PA19 miles from this station, 50.1°F a year
- Grampian, PA21 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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