Upper Fairfield, PA climate
Upper Fairfield has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 18°, and about 36 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in Upper Fairfield feels like
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Upper Fairfield 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 | Snow on ground | 30-yr range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 18° | 3.2" | 9.7" | 12 | 11 | 16° – 34° |
| February | 37° | 19° | 2.5" | 9.3" | 10 | 13 | 16° – 36° |
| March | 46° | 26° | 3.3" | 7.3" | 12 | 6 | 30° – 47° |
| April | 60° | 36° | 3.9" | 0.8" | 12 | 0 | 43° – 54° |
| May | 71° | 46° | 4.1" | 0 | 14 | 0 | 53° – 64° |
| June | 79° | 56° | 4.4" | 0 | 12 | 0 | 64° – 70° |
| July | 83° | 60° | 4.7" | 0 | 12 | 0 | 67° – 75° |
| August | 81° | 59° | 4.1" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 66° – 74° |
| September | 74° | 52° | 4.8" | 0 | 10 | 0 | 60° – 67° |
| October | 62° | 40° | 4.0" | 0.1" | 11 | 0 | 46° – 57° |
| November | 49° | 31° | 3.4" | 1.7" | 10 | 1 | 34° – 45° |
| December | 38° | 24° | 3.6" | 6.9" | 12 | 6 | 22° – 41° |
| Year | 59° | 39° | 46.0" | 35.8" | 137 | 37 |
“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 Upper Fairfield
Upper Fairfield gets 46 inches of rain and melted snow a year. September is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 137 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 37 days of the year.
About 180 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by April 24 and the first one by October 23. That leaves about 180 frost-free days for gardens, longer than 53% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in Upper Fairfield
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In Upper Fairfield, 88% of that work is heating and 12% 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.
Upper Fairfield and its neighbors
Upper Fairfield borders 6 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 2.8°. Plunketts Creek has the coldest January nights (16°) and Loyalsock the hottest July afternoons (84°). Upper Fairfield’s January low is 18° and its July high 83°.