Bowmanstown, PA climate
Bowmanstown has chilly winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 85°, a January night drops to 19°, and about 27 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Bowmanstown feels like
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Bowmanstown weather by month
Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.
| Month | High | Low | Rain + melt | Snow | Wet days | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 19° | 3.6" | 7.8" | 11 | 18° – 36° |
| February | 40° | 20° | 2.8" | 9.8" | 9 | 18° – 37° |
| March | 49° | 27° | 3.9" | 6.3" | 10 | 31° – 48° |
| April | 62° | 37° | 4.0" | 0.4" | 11 | 45° – 54° |
| May | 72° | 47° | 4.0" | 0 | 14 | 55° – 65° |
| June | 80° | 56° | 5.1" | 0 | 13 | 64° – 71° |
| July | 85° | 61° | 5.1" | 0 | 12 | 68° – 77° |
| August | 83° | 59° | 4.8" | 0 | 11 | 67° – 74° |
| September | 76° | 52° | 5.1" | 0 | 10 | 60° – 68° |
| October | 64° | 40° | 4.5" | 0 | 11 | 47° – 59° |
| November | 52° | 31° | 3.7" | 0.3" | 10 | 36° – 46° |
| December | 42° | 24° | 4.2" | 2.7" | 11 | 25° – 44° |
| Year | 62° | 39° | 50.7" | 27.3" | 132 |
“Wet days” have at least 0.01" of rain or melted snow. “Snow on ground” counts days with 1" or more. The 30-year range is the coldest and warmest that month’s average temperature got between 1991 and 2020.
Rain and snow in Bowmanstown
Bowmanstown gets 51 inches of rain and melted snow a year. September is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 132 days a year.
About 184 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 21 and the first one by October 23. That leaves about 184 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 57% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Bowmanstown
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Bowmanstown, 91% of that work is heating and 9% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
Degree days measure how far each day’s average temperature falls below or rises above 65°, added up over a year. Source: NOAA station normals.
Bowmanstown and its neighbors
Bowmanstown borders 3 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.4°. Lower Towamensing has the coldest January nights (19°) and East Penn the hottest July afternoons (85°). Bowmanstown’s January low is 19° and its July high 85°.