Salina (3 mi W), Pennsylvania climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Salina (3 mi W)'s normal year runs from 20°F January nights to 83°F July afternoons, with 45.6 inches of precipitation and 29 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 10.3°C, January lows of −7°C, July highs of 28°C, 1,159 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationSalina (3 mi W)
- Station IDUSC00367782
- Location40.51°N 79.55°W
- Elevation1,109 ft (338 m)
On October 23, the normal high in Salina (3 mi W) is 61°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 42%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Salina (3 mi W).
- Jan 36° 20°
- Feb 39° 21°
- Mar 48° 28°
- Apr 61° 38°
- May 71° 48°
- Jun 79° 57°
- Jul 83° 61°
- Aug 82° 59°
- Sep 76° 53°
- Oct 63° 42°
- Nov 51° 33°
- Dec 41° 26°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Salina (3 mi W) each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 83°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 20°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.89 in), the least in February (2.75 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36°F | 20°F | 27.9°F | 3.50 | 7.1 | 18 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 39°F | 21°F | 30.0°F | 2.75 | 8.2 | 14 | <1 | 25 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 48°F | 28°F | 38.0°F | 3.46 | 5.5 | 14 | <1 | 24 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 61°F | 38°F | 49.6°F | 3.68 | 0.3 | 15 | <1 | 12 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 59.6°F | 4.23 | 0.0 | 15 | <1 | 2 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 79°F | 57°F | 67.6°F | 4.89 | 0.0 | 14 | 2 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 83°F | 61°F | 71.8°F | 4.79 | 0.0 | 13 | 4 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 82°F | 59°F | 70.5°F | 4.23 | 0.0 | 12 | 3 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 76°F | 53°F | 64.1°F | 3.97 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 63°F | 42°F | 52.5°F | 3.31 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | 7 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 51°F | 33°F | 42.0°F | 3.46 | 1.8 | 13 | <1 | 18 | 10 h |
| December | 41°F | 26°F | 33.1°F | 3.35 | 5.7 | 16 | <1 | 26 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 61°F | 40°F | 50.6°F | 45.62 | 28.6 | 168 | 10 | 140 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2°C | −7°C | −2.3°C | 89 mm | 18 cm |
| February | 4°C | −6°C | −1.1°C | 70 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 9°C | −2°C | 3.3°C | 88 mm | 14 cm |
| April | 16°C | 3°C | 9.8°C | 93 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.3°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 19.8°C | 124 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 28°C | 16°C | 22.1°C | 122 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 28°C | 15°C | 21.4°C | 107 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 24°C | 12°C | 17.8°C | 101 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 17°C | 5°C | 11.4°C | 84 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 11°C | 0°C | 5.6°C | 88 mm | 5 cm |
| December | 5°C | −4°C | 0.6°C | 85 mm | 14 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00367782; 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.
Which months are mildest at Salina (3 mi W)?
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 USC00367782.
When is the last frost at Salina (3 mi W)?
In Salina (3 mi W), the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 29 in half of years and after May 17 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 5 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
- April 291 year in 10 after May 17; 9 in 10 after April 14
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 5; 9 in 10 before November 4
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 171 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 197 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 18 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Salina (3 mi W) in zone 6b in ZIP code 15613, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°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 USC00367782; 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 at Salina (3 mi W)?
In a normal year in Salina (3 mi W), 10 days a year reach 90°F, 140 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 168 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 10a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 140a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 32high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 168a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 12a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1953) is 101°F, on July 17, 1988; the lowest is −30°F, on January 21, 1994.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 71.28 in; the snowiest season is 1995–96, with 77.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00367782; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00367782. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Salina (3 mi W)?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Salina (3 mi W), 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. August is the sunniest month (76%) and December the cloudiest (51%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 53% | 1.6 |
| February | 58% | 2.4 |
| March | 61% | 3.4 |
| April | 66% | 4.6 |
| May | 69% | 5.3 |
| June | 73% | 5.9 |
| July | 76% | 5.9 |
| August | 76% | 5.3 |
| September | 75% | 4.3 |
| October | 66% | 2.9 |
| November | 65% | 2.0 |
| December | 51% | 1.3 |
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 many heating and cooling degree days does Salina (3 mi W) record?
A normal year at Salina (3 mi W) brings 5,895 heating degree days, 10% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 667 cooling degree days, 26% 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 2,929 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,150 | 0 |
| February | 980 | 0 |
| March | 838 | 1 |
| April | 467 | 5 |
| May | 212 | 44 |
| June | 50 | 128 |
| July | 8 | 220 |
| August | 13 | 183 |
| September | 103 | 76 |
| October | 396 | 10 |
| November | 690 | 0 |
| December | 989 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,895 | 667 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00367782. 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.
Have recent years at Salina (3 mi W) been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 51.0°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 50.6°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 52.1°F | +1.5°F | 51.30 | 20.5 |
| 2022 | 50.9°F | +0.3°F | 49.27 | 34.8 |
| 2023 | 52.9°F | +2.3°F | 40.15 | 9.9 |
| 2024 | 53.8°F | +3.2°F | 50.00 | 14.0 |
| 2025 | 51.0°F | +0.4°F | 50.84 | 28.5 |
Over 46 complete years from 1955 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 3.1°F per century (+0.17°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00367782; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Salina (3 mi W)'s climate compare?
Salina (3 mi W) is warmer than 55 of the 108 places with their own NOAA record in Pennsylvania, and wetter than 69. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 50.6°F is warmer than 43%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Salina (3 mi W) is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot 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 Salina (3 mi W) share this climate record?
11 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.
- Vandergrift, PA4,955 people · 6 mi N
- Delmont, PA2,621 people · 7 mi S
- Orchard Hills, PA1,686 people · 5 mi N
- Apollo, PA1,551 people · 5 mi N
- North Apollo, PA1,215 people · 6 mi N
- Avonmore, PA883 people · 4 mi E
- Oklahoma, PA769 people · 5 mi N
- Pleasant View, PA693 people · 7 mi N
- Spring Church, PA617 people · 7 mi NE
- East Vandergrift, PA580 people · 6 mi N
- North Vandergrift, PA317 people · 7 mi N
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 Salina (3 mi W)'s climate
What is the coldest month at Salina (3 mi W)?
January, with a normal high of 36°F and a normal low of 20°F. The warmest is July (83°F by day, 61°F at night).
Does it snow at Salina (3 mi W)?
Yes: 29 inches in a normal year, falling on 21 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (8.2 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Salina (3 mi W)?
June, with 4.89 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.75 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Salina (3 mi W) in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Salina (3 mi W) in zone 6b in ZIP code 15613, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −5°F (28 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come at Salina (3 mi W)?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 29; in one year in ten it comes after May 17. Waiting until May 17 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Pennsylvania climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Loyalhanna, PA6 miles from this station, 50.0°F a year
- Murrysville, PA12 miles from this station, 52.4°F a year
- Natrona, PA12 miles from this station, 51.5°F a year
- Schenley, PA14 miles from this station, 51.8°F a year
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