Jenkins has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 82°, a January night drops to 17°, and about 45 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normalsUpdated once a decade
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July high
82°
930th coolest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
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January low
17°
679th coldest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
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Rain + melted snow
43 in
941st driest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
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Snow a winter
45 in
893rd snowiest of 3,541 Pennsylvania towns
A normal year
What a year in Jenkins feels like
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Winter
36° / 20°
Typical high / low · 14 days with an inch or more of snow
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Spring
57° / 36°
Typical high / low · Last frost around Apr 23
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Summer
79° / 58°
Typical high / low · 12 days reach 90° in a normal year
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Fall
60° / 41°
Typical high / low · First frost around Oct 20
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32°
33°
17°
36°
19°
45°
26°
58°
36°
69°
46°
77°
55°
82°
60°
79°
58°
72°
51°
61°
40°
48°
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23°
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32°, freezingBar runs from the typical overnight low up to the afternoon high
Best months to be outsideMayJunJulAugSepHighs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
Month by month
Jenkins 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
33°
17°
3.0"
11.7"
13
16° – 33°
February
36°
19°
2.3"
10.9"
11
16° – 35°
March
45°
26°
3.2"
10.1"
12
28° – 47°
April
58°
36°
3.6"
0.8"
12
42° – 53°
May
69°
46°
3.7"
0
13
52° – 64°
June
77°
55°
4.2"
0
13
63° – 70°
July
82°
60°
3.9"
0
11
66° – 75°
August
79°
58°
4.2"
0
11
64° – 72°
September
72°
51°
4.2"
0
10
58° – 66°
October
61°
40°
4.3"
0.7"
11
46° – 57°
November
48°
31°
3.1"
3.2"
10
33° – 45°
December
38°
23°
3.2"
7.7"
12
22° – 43°
Year
58°
38°
42.8"
45.1"
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“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 Jenkins
Jenkins gets 43 inches of rain and melted snow a year. October is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 139 days a year.
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43 in
Rain + melted snow a year
More rain than 61% of U.S. towns
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45 in
Snow in a normal winter
More snow than 77% of U.S. towns
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139 days
With rain or snow (0.01"+)
Rain + melted snow by month
Inches of water
4.3"
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Snowfall by month
Inches of snow
12"
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Frost & the growing season
About 178 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 23 and the first one by October 20. That leaves about 178 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 50% of U.S. towns.
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🍂 Oct 20
178 frost-free days
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122
nights at or below 32° in a normal year
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3
nights below 0° in a normal year
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12
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 Jenkins
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Jenkins, 88% of that work is heating and 12% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.
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5,740 heating degree daysMore heating than 50% of U.S. towns
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791 cooling degree daysLess cooling than 54% 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 Jenkins
Jenkins and its neighbors
Jenkins borders 10 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 3.5°. Thornhurst has the coldest January nights (15°) and Exeter the hottest July afternoons (85°). Jenkins’s January low is 17° and its July high 82°.
Compared with every U.S. town and city on TownTapestry, each counted once.
Then and now
Warmer than it used to be
+1.7°1991–2020 average vs. the 20th century (1901–2000)
The last 30 years in Jenkins averaged 1.7° warmer than the 1900s. The biggest change is in December (+3.4°). The shift is larger than in 84% of U.S. towns.
❄️ Winter+2.8°now 28°, was 25°
🌷 Spring+1.5°now 47°, was 45°
☀️ Summer+1.3°now 68°, was 67°
🍂 Fall+1.4°now 50°, was 49°
Change by month1991–2020 average minus 1901–2000 average, at Jenkins’s spot on NOAA’s grid
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+3.4°
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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 22° to 43°. June is the most reliable, staying within 7°.
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Questions
Common questions about Jenkins’s climate
What is the coldest month in Jenkins?
January, with a typical high of 33° and a low of 17°.
What is the hottest month in Jenkins?
July, with a typical high of 82° and a low of 60°. About 12 days a year reach 90°.
How much snow does Jenkins get?
About 45 inches in a normal winter, most of it in January.
When is the first frost in Jenkins?
In half of years the first 32° night comes by October 20, and the last spring frost by April 23.
What is the rainiest month in Jenkins?
October, with 4.3 inches of rain and melted snow. The year totals 43 inches.
📍Temperatures and rainfall come from NOAA’s gridded climate normals for Jenkins itself (about a 3-mile square). Snow, frost dates and day counts come from NOAA’s weather station at Wilkes-barre Intl Airport, PA (4 mi) away. Normals are 30-year averages, not a forecast. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 and 1901–2000.