Climate · Kane

Kane, PA climate

Kane has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 78°, a January night drops to 15°, and about 93 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decade
July high
78°
82nd coolest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
January low
15°
107th coldest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
Rain + melted snow
48 in
644th wettest of 3,547 Pennsylvania towns
Snow a winter
93 in
95th snowiest of 3,541 Pennsylvania towns
A normal year

What a year in Kane feels like

Winter

33° / 17°
Typical high / low · 33 days with an inch or more of snow

Spring

56° / 32°
Typical high / low · Last frost around May 24

Summer

77° / 53°
Typical high / low · 1 days reach 90° in a normal year

Fall

58° / 38°
Typical high / low · First frost around Sep 28
Best months to be outsideMayJunJulAugSepHighs of 62–84° and lows of 40° or more
Month by month

Kane weather by month

Average highs, lows, rain and snow for every month, from NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals.

MonthHighLowRain + meltSnowWet daysSnow on ground30-yr range
January31°15°3.7" 25.4"2026 14° – 32°
February33°16°2.8" 20.4"1624 11° – 34°
March43°22°3.5" 13.4"1517 25° – 45°
April56°33°4.2" 2.9"152 39° – 50°
May68°42°4.4" 0.1"140 47° – 61°
June75°51°4.7" 0140 59° – 66°
July78°55°4.7" 0120 62° – 71°
August77°53°4.2" 0120 61° – 70°
September70°47°4.1" 0120 56° – 64°
October59°37°4.1" 0.8"151 43° – 54°
November46°29°3.9" 8.2"157 31° – 43°
December35°21°3.8" 21.7"1920 18° – 39°
Year56°35°47.9"92.9"17796

“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 Kane

Kane gets 48 inches of rain and melted snow a year. June is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 177 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 96 days of the year.

48 in
Rain + melted snow a year
More rain than 81% of U.S. towns
93 in
Snow in a normal winter
More snow than 96% of U.S. towns
96 days
With 1"+ of snow on the ground
More than 89% of U.S. towns

Rain + melted snow by month

Inches of water
4.7"

Snowfall by month

Inches of snow
25"
Frost & the growing season

About 126 frost-free days a year

In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 24 and the first one by September 28. That leaves about 126 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 96% of U.S. towns.

184
nights at or below 32° in a normal year
16
nights below 0° in a normal year
1
days that reach 90° in a normal year

Freezing nights by month

Average nights at or below 32°

90° days by month

Average days at 90° or more
Heating & cooling

Heating and cooling a home in Kane

Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Kane, 97% of that work is heating and 3% is cooling, so the furnace matters far more than the air conditioner.

97%heating
7,650 heating degree daysMore heating than 82% of U.S. towns
235 cooling degree daysLess cooling than 95% 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.

Compared with other towns

How Kane compares

Summer heat78° July high