Wellsboro, Pennsylvania climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Wellsboro's normal year runs from 14°F January nights to 79°F July afternoons, with 42.3 inches of precipitation and 61 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 7.5°C, January lows of −10°C, July highs of 26°C, 1,074 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationWellsboro (4 mi SW)
- Station IDUSC00369408
- Location41.70°N 77.39°W
- Elevation1,818 ft (554 m)
- From the center5 miles
- Population3,422
On October 23, the normal high in Wellsboro is 56°F and the normal low 35°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 43%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Wellsboro.
- Jan 30° 14°
- Feb 33° 15°
- Mar 42° 22°
- Apr 55° 33°
- May 67° 43°
- Jun 75° 52°
- Jul 79° 57°
- Aug 77° 55°
- Sep 70° 48°
- Oct 59° 37°
- Nov 46° 29°
- Dec 35° 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 Wellsboro each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 79°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 14°F. The most precipitation falls in June (4.29 in), the least in February (2.48 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30°F | 14°F | 22.1°F | 2.99 | 13.2 | 15 | <1 | 29 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 33°F | 15°F | 23.8°F | 2.48 | 14.1 | 12 | <1 | 27 | 10 h 30 min |
| March | 42°F | 22°F | 31.7°F | 3.25 | 12.5 | 13 | <1 | 26 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 55°F | 33°F | 43.9°F | 3.56 | 3.2 | 13 | <1 | 16 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 67°F | 43°F | 55.2°F | 3.65 | 0.1 | 15 | <1 | 3 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 75°F | 52°F | 63.5°F | 4.29 | 0.0 | 13 | <1 | <1 | 15 h 10 min |
| July | 79°F | 57°F | 67.8°F | 4.14 | 0.0 | 12 | 1 | <1 | 15 h |
| August | 77°F | 55°F | 66.1°F | 3.67 | 0.0 | 12 | <1 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 70°F | 48°F | 59.0°F | 4.17 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 59°F | 37°F | 47.9°F | 3.64 | 0.8 | 14 | <1 | 10 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 46°F | 29°F | 37.2°F | 3.17 | 4.0 | 12 | <1 | 20 | 9 h 50 min |
| December | 35°F | 21°F | 27.9°F | 3.26 | 12.7 | 14 | <1 | 28 | 9 h 10 min |
| Year (annual) | 56°F | 35°F | 45.5°F | 42.27 | 60.6 | 154 | 2 | 159 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −1°C | −10°C | −5.5°C | 76 mm | 34 cm |
| February | 1°C | −10°C | −4.6°C | 63 mm | 36 cm |
| March | 5°C | −6°C | −0.2°C | 83 mm | 32 cm |
| April | 13°C | 0°C | 6.6°C | 90 mm | 8 cm |
| May | 19°C | 6°C | 12.9°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 24°C | 11°C | 17.5°C | 109 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 26°C | 14°C | 19.9°C | 105 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 25°C | 13°C | 18.9°C | 93 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 21°C | 9°C | 15.0°C | 106 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 15°C | 3°C | 8.8°C | 92 mm | 2 cm |
| November | 8°C | −2°C | 2.9°C | 81 mm | 10 cm |
| December | 2°C | −6°C | −2.3°C | 83 mm | 32 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00369408; 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 Wellsboro?
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 (11).
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 USC00369408.
When is the last frost in Wellsboro?
In Wellsboro, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after May 10 in half of years and after May 26 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 5 in half of years and before September 23 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 101 year in 10 after May 26; 9 in 10 after April 25
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 51 year in 10 before September 23; 9 in 10 before October 20
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 148 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 172 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 28 in half of springs and before October 17 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Wellsboro in zone 6a in ZIP code 16901, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Wellsboro's NOAA station is in zone 6a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (21 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 USC00369408; 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 Wellsboro?
In a normal year in Wellsboro, 2 days a year reach 90°F, 159 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 154 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 2a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- fewer than 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 159a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 55high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 154a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 19a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1926) is 104°F, on July 5, 1935; the lowest is −30°F, on February 28, 1934.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 58.62 in; the snowiest season is 2010–11, with 93.6 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00369408; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00369408. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Wellsboro?
Over a year 68% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Wellsboro, 3.7 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (75%) and December the cloudiest (55%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 59% | 1.6 |
| February | 64% | 2.5 |
| March | 65% | 3.6 |
| April | 66% | 4.6 |
| May | 67% | 5.3 |
| June | 72% | 5.8 |
| July | 75% | 5.8 |
| August | 75% | 5.1 |
| September | 72% | 4.1 |
| October | 65% | 2.7 |
| November | 63% | 1.9 |
| December | 55% | 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 much heating and cooling does Wellsboro need?
A normal year in Wellsboro brings 7,378 heating degree days, 37% more than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 306 cooling degree days, 66% fewer than the median (908). Eight months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 2,091 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,330 | 0 |
| February | 1,154 | 0 |
| March | 1,032 | 0 |
| April | 634 | 2 |
| May | 320 | 16 |
| June | 104 | 59 |
| July | 32 | 118 |
| August | 50 | 83 |
| September | 205 | 25 |
| October | 533 | 3 |
| November | 834 | 0 |
| December | 1,152 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 7,378 | 306 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00369408. 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 Wellsboro been warmer than normal lately?
2025 averaged 45.9°F, 0.4°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 45.5°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 47.7°F | +2.2°F | 48.19 | 43.6 |
| 2022 | 46.1°F | +0.6°F | 38.14 | 62.4 |
| 2023 | 48.2°F | +2.7°F | 35.13 | 31.6 |
| 2024 | 48.2°F | +2.7°F | 43.21 | 56.9 |
| 2025 | 45.9°F | +0.4°F | 32.85 | 31.7 |
Over 112 complete years from 1885 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 1.6°F per century (+0.09°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00369408; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Wellsboro's climate compare?
Wellsboro is warmer than 5 of the other 107 places with their own NOAA record in Pennsylvania, and wetter than 32. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 45.5°F is warmer than 21%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Wellsboro 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 Wellsboro share this climate record?
2 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.
- Galeton, PA955 people · 13 mi W
- Arnot, PA493 people · 14 mi E
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 Wellsboro's climate
What is the coldest month in Wellsboro?
January, with a normal high of 30°F and a normal low of 14°F. The warmest is July (79°F by day, 57°F at night).
Does it snow in Wellsboro?
Yes: 61 inches in a normal year, falling on 40 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (14.1 inches).
What is the rainiest month in Wellsboro?
June, with 4.29 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.48 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Wellsboro in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Wellsboro in zone 6a in ZIP code 16901, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at Wellsboro's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches −7°F (21 years, 1991-2020): zone 6a.
How late can frost come in Wellsboro?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after May 10; in one year in ten it comes after May 26. Waiting until May 26 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Pennsylvania climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Tioga, PA19 miles from this station, 47.1°F a year
- Cowanesque Dam, PA24 miles from this station, 47.0°F a year
- Canton, PA28 miles from this station, 46.9°F a year
- Addison, NY29 miles from this station, 46.6°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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