Falls has chilly winters and warm summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 87°, a January night drops to 24°, and about 27 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normalsUpdated once a decade
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July high
87°
91st hottest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
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January low
24°
63rd mildest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
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Rain + melted snow
47 in
880th wettest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
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Snow a winter
27 in
950th least snowy of 3,541 Pennsylvania towns
A normal year
What a year in Falls feels like
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Winter
44° / 26°
Typical high / low · 7 days with an inch or more of snow
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Spring
63° / 42°
Typical high / low · Last frost around Apr 10
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Summer
85° / 64°
Typical high / low · 22 days reach 90° in a normal year
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Fall
67° / 46°
Typical high / low · First frost around Nov 1
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32°
41°
24°
44°
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52°
32°
64°
41°
74°
51°
83°
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87°
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85°
64°
79°
57°
67°
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56°
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29°
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32°, freezingBar runs from the typical overnight low up to the afternoon high
Best months to be outsideAprMayJunSepOctHighs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
Month by month
Falls 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
41°
24°
3.5"
8.2"
11
25° – 40°
February
44°
25°
2.7"
8.7"
11
24° – 42°
March
52°
32°
4.1"
4.0"
11
37° – 51°
April
64°
41°
3.7"
0.5"
12
49° – 57°
May
74°
51°
3.9"
0
14
58° – 68°
June
83°
61°
4.3"
0
12
68° – 76°
July
87°
66°
5.0"
0
11
72° – 80°
August
85°
64°
4.3"
0
11
71° – 78°
September
79°
57°
4.1"
0
8
65° – 72°
October
67°
46°
4.1"
0.1"
10
51° – 63°
November
56°
36°
3.3"
0.5"
8
41° – 51°
December
46°
29°
4.2"
4.6"
11
30° – 50°
Year
65°
45°
47.1"
26.6"
130
“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 & snow
Rain and snow in Falls
Falls gets 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year. July is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 130 days a year.
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47 in
Rain + melted snow a year
More rain than 78% of U.S. towns
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27 in
Snow in a normal winter
More snow than 52% of U.S. towns
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130 days
With rain or snow (0.01"+)
Rain + melted snow by month
Inches of water
5.0"
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Snowfall by month
Inches of snow
8.7"
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Frost & the growing season
About 202 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 10 and the first one by November 1. That leaves about 202 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 73% of U.S. towns.
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🍂 Nov 1
202 frost-free days
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97
nights at or below 32° in a normal year
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nights below 0° in a normal year
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22
days that reach 90° in a normal year
Freezing nights by month
Average nights at or below 32°
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90° days by month
Average days at 90° or more
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Heating & cooling
Heating and cooling a home in Falls
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Falls, 83% of that work is heating and 17% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
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4,977 heating degree daysLess heating than 67% of U.S. towns
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1,050 cooling degree daysMore cooling than 62% of U.S. towns
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.
Around Falls
Falls and its neighbors
Falls borders 10 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 1.0°. Lower Makefield has the coldest January nights (24°) and Tullytown the hottest July afternoons (88°). Falls’s January low is 24° and its July high 87°.
Compared with every U.S. town and city on TownTapestry, each counted once.
Then and now
Warmer than it used to be
+2.2°1991–2020 average vs. the 20th century (1901–2000)
The last 30 years in Falls averaged 2.2° warmer than the 1900s. The biggest change is in December (+3.8°). The shift is larger than in 98% of U.S. towns.
❄️ Winter+3.1°now 35°, was 32°
🌷 Spring+1.9°now 52°, was 51°
☀️ Summer+2.1°now 74°, was 72°
🍂 Fall+1.9°now 57°, was 55°
Change by month1991–2020 average minus 1901–2000 average, at Falls’s spot on NOAA’s grid
+1.4°
+3.8°
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Year to year
How much a month can swing
A normal is an average, and real years wander around it. December swings the most: between 1991 and 2020 its average temperature ranged from 30° to 50°. September is the most reliable, staying within 7°.
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Questions
Common questions about Falls’s climate
What is the coldest month in Falls?
January, with a typical high of 41° and a low of 24°.
What is the hottest month in Falls?
July, with a typical high of 87° and a low of 66°. About 22 days a year reach 90°.
How much snow does Falls get?
About 27 inches in a normal winter, most of it in February.
When is the first frost in Falls?
In half of years the first 32° night comes by November 1, and the last spring frost by April 10.
What is the rainiest month in Falls?
July, with 5.0 inches of rain and melted snow. The year totals 47 inches.
📍Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for Falls itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts come from NOAA’s weather station at Ewing Twp 0.8 Ese, NJ (6 mi, snow) and Trenton Mercer Co Airport, NJ (7 mi, frost, heat and degree days). Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000.