West Carroll, PA climate
West Carroll has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 79°, a January night drops to 17°, and about 80 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
NOAA 1991-2020 climate normals Updated once a decadeWhat a year in West Carroll feels like
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West Carroll 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 | 32° | 17° | 3.7" | 24.0" | 20 | 21 | 16° – 33° |
| February | 36° | 18° | 3.1" | 19.3" | 16 | 19 | 15° – 34° |
| March | 45° | 25° | 3.9" | 14.1" | 15 | 11 | 29° – 46° |
| April | 58° | 35° | 4.1" | 2.6" | 15 | 1 | 41° – 52° |
| May | 68° | 45° | 4.4" | 0 | 15 | 0 | 50° – 63° |
| June | 76° | 54° | 4.7" | 0 | 14 | 0 | 60° – 67° |
| July | 79° | 58° | 4.8" | 0 | 13 | 0 | 64° – 72° |
| August | 78° | 57° | 4.2" | 0 | 12 | 0 | 63° – 71° |
| September | 71° | 50° | 4.5" | 0 | 11 | 0 | 58° – 65° |
| October | 60° | 39° | 3.6" | 0.7" | 13 | 0 | 45° – 55° |
| November | 47° | 30° | 3.6" | 4.9" | 14 | 4 | 33° – 45° |
| December | 37° | 22° | 4.0" | 14.1" | 18 | 13 | 19° – 40° |
| Year | 57° | 37° | 48.6" | 79.7" | 177 | 70 |
“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 West Carroll
West Carroll gets 49 inches of rain and melted snow a year. July is the wettest month and February the driest. Rain or snow falls on about 177 days a year. Snow covers the ground about 70 days of the year.
About 136 frost-free days a year
In half of years the last 32° night comes by May 17 and the first one by October 2. That leaves about 136 frost-free days for gardens, shorter than 92% of U.S. towns.
Heating and cooling a home in West Carroll
Engineers use “degree days” to estimate how hard a furnace or air conditioner works. In West Carroll, 96% of that work is heating and 4% 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.
West Carroll and its neighbors
West Carroll borders 4 towns with climate data. January nights across them vary by 0.5°. Carrolltown has the coldest January nights (17°) and Barr the hottest July afternoons (80°). West Carroll’s January low is 17° and its July high 79°.