Sunbury, PA

Climate overview — based on NOAA 1991-2020 normals from SUNBURY, PA US.

Dfa Hot-summer humid continental climate 7a USDA hardiness Zone 7a

Year-round temperatures (°F)

10° 30° 50° 70° 90° J F M A M J J A S O N D
Avg high Avg low

Climate summary

Sunbury has an annual average temperature of 50.3°F with about 43.7 inches of precipitation per year and 28.6 inches of snow. The warmest month is July (average high 84.4°F), and the coldest is January (average low 18.9°F). September is typically the wettest month (4.52 in) and February the driest (2.30 in). Snow typically falls from October through April.

Pleasant months
2 / 12
avg high 65–80°F, low ≥ 50°F
Annual swing
45.3°F
warmest to coldest month
Heating need
5,793
Cooling need
492

Best time to visit Sunbury

Full guide →

Climate change signal

All-time records →

117 of 366 (32%) of Sunbury's all-time daily heat records have been set since 2015. If records were spread evenly across the station's history, only about 5% would fall in any given decade.

1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
32
1960s
108
1970s
37
1990s
0
2000s
34
2010s
84
2020s
71

Bars: number of all-time daily heat records still standing that were set in each decade.

Monthly averages

Month Avg High Avg Low Avg Temp Precipitation Snow Rainy days
January 35.3°F 18.9°F 27.1°F 2.98 in 7.6 in 10
February 39.0°F 20.6°F 29.8°F 2.30 in 8.6 in 9
March 47.7°F 27.4°F 37.6°F 3.33 in 5.2 in 10
April 61.1°F 37.2°F 49.2°F 3.74 in 0.6 in 12
May 71.7°F 47.2°F 59.5°F 3.77 in 14
June 79.8°F 56.8°F 68.3°F 4.38 in 12
July 84.4°F 60.3°F 72.4°F 4.32 in 11
August 82.2°F 59.2°F 70.7°F 3.93 in 11
September 75.1°F 51.2°F 63.1°F 4.52 in 9
October 63.6°F 40.4°F 52.0°F 3.92 in 0.2 in 11
November 50.8°F 31.8°F 41.3°F 3.16 in 1.5 in 9
December 40.1°F 24.6°F 32.3°F 3.34 in 4.9 in 10

Climate twins of Sunbury

Why these? →

The most climatically similar US cities at least 140 miles away (by monthly temperature + precipitation pattern).

Frost dates
Last spring / first fall frost
All-time records
Hottest, coldest, wettest
Planting calendar
What to plant, and when

Compare Sunbury to another city