York 3 Ssw Pump Stn, PA Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from York 3 Ssw Pump Stn's primary NOAA station, YORK 3 SSW PUMP STN.
The climate verdict for York 3 Ssw Pump Stn
Water is the standout signal in York 3 Ssw Pump Stn, Pennsylvania: 46.5 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 59/100 (moderate) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 37% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 59/100
- comfort score, above 37% of station-mapped location scores
- 46.5"
- annual precipitation · 25" snow
- 176 days
- frost-free days per growing season
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00369933 · York 3 Ssw Pump Stn, PA 54°F mean · 46.5" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Willow Grove
- PRCP-MID 46.5"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-MID 59/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,017 HDD
- STN-1 USC00369933
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Willow Grove, PA (+ 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.
- York 3 Ssw Pump (this station) 54°F
- Cold Martinsburg, WV 54°F
- Hot Freehold-marlbo…, NJ 54°F
- Near Willow Grove, PA 54°F
- Near Winona, MO 54°F
Climate Living Index · York 3 Ssw Pump Stn
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn: 56/100 · grade C
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for York 3 Ssw Pump Stn, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 59/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 124 calendar days | 62/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 46.5 in · 11.5 from 35 in | 60/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.0°F · 13.5° from 67.5°F | 56/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 176 days/year | 47/100 · D |
| Snowfall burden | 24.6 inches/year | 44/100 · D |
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.2°F and warmest-month mean 75.4°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
- 75.4°F
- Coldest month
- 31.2°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 York 3 Ssw Pump Stn sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for York 3 Ssw Pump Stn's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 57th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 28% wettest
- York 3 Ssw Pump Stn's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 54th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How York 3 Ssw Pump Stn compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
59 37th percentile score exceeds 37% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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 | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41°F (5°C) | 21°F (-6°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 3.3" | 8.5" | 26.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 2.8" | 8.2" | 23.3 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 30°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 4.0" | 3.9" | 18.9 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (20°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 3.6" | 0.2" | 6.7 | 0.4 |
| May | 77°F (25°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 4.2" | 0.0" | 0.7 | 2.1 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 59°F (15°C) | 71°F (22°C) | 4.3" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 6.0 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 62°F (16°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.0" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 7.1 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 5.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| October | 68°F (20°C) | 43°F (6°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 3.9" | 0.0" | 4.8 | 0.2 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.2" | 0.5" | 14.7 | 0.0 |
| December | 45°F (7°C) | 26°F (-3°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 3.5" | 3.3" | 23.8 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 8, short of 90°F on every date, while 124 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 21°F near January 20.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 22, then returns to freezing around November 20, covering 124 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 May 8, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 24 at 29%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 127 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 25 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 28°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for York 3 Ssw Pump Stn.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 8.5"
10.3 days with precipitation
Snow: 8.2"
9.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.9"
11.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.2"
11.6 days with precipitation
12.7 days with precipitation
12.0 days with precipitation
11.0 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
9.6 days with precipitation
8.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.5"
10.0 days with precipitation
Snow: 3.3"
10.5 days with precipitation
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 21%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. York 3 Ssw Pump Stn has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 44.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: September averages 5.1" and February 2.8". 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.
When it rains in York 3 Ssw Pump Stn, it arrives in quantity
46.5" of precipitation falls across only about 127 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 127 a year, 35% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.37 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- October, about 8
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.
Winter brings real snow to York 3 Ssw Pump Stn
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn averages 24.6 inches of snowfall a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals, spread across roughly 10 days that record measurable snow. That is depth accumulating on the ground, which is why it can exceed the annual precipitation figure: precipitation counts the liquid the snow melts down to, and fresh snow is mostly air.
- Annual snowfall: 24.6 inches of depth.
- Days recording measurable snow: about 10 a year.
- At a rough ten-to-one melt ratio, snow accounts for on the order of 5% of the year's precipitation.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. The ten-to-one ratio is a convention, not a measurement: real ratios vary with temperature, so treat the share as an order of magnitude rather than an exact split.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 19
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 26
50% probability date
Growing Season
176 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,017
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,025
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside PA closest to York 3 Ssw Pump Stn 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 (54°F here).
- Boardman, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Damascus, MD 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Elsberry, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Estacada, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (46.5" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Cottage Grove, OR 46.5" · 0.0" off
- Mineola, TX 46.5" · 0.0" off
- Monett, MO 46.4" · 0.0" off
- Hot Springs, VA 46.5" · 0.0" off
Snow and freeze rhythm
When cold and snow define York 3 Ssw Pump Stn
heating led · wet · mid swing
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,017 annual heating degree days against 1,025 for cooling. Its 44.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn's frost-free season lasts about 176 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
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1. York 3 Ssw Pump Stn coldest normal
January
The monthly mean of 31°F (0°C) sits near freezing, so cold nights and above-freezing afternoons share the same month.
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2. York 3 Ssw Pump Stn typical freeze period
January through December
The station reports average freezing days from January through December.
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3. York 3 Ssw Pump Stn snow peak
January
York 3 Ssw Pump Stn averages 24.6 inches of snow a year, with January the snowiest month on the normals.
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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 York 3 Ssw Pump Stn's primary station: YORK 3 SSW PUMP STN (USC00369933). 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 York 3 Ssw Pump Stn; 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 York 3 Ssw Pump Stn 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.