Cost to Own
United StatesPennsylvaniaSullivan CountyClimate Station LAPORTE, PA US Distance 1.5 mi Normals 1991 to 2020
This weather has a price Keeping the median Sullivan County home comfortable runs roughly $635 a year in heating and cooling alone. See where it lands in the monthly bill

30-year climate normals

Sullivan County Climate and Weather Averages

Hottest month: July

77.6°

average daily high. The coldest month is January, averaging a low of 13.9°F.

Sullivan County gets 53.27" of precipitation a year and 69.7" of snow, and 29% of it falls in Jul, Aug, Sep.

Temperature through the year

Each bar spans the average daily low to the average daily high for that month.

20° 40° 60° JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
MonthAvg highAvg low PrecipSnow
January 29.2° 13.9° 4.49" 19.9"
February 31.7° 14.7° 3.08" 17.1"
March 39.9° 22.2° 3.77" 11.2"
April 53.7° 33.2° 4.21" 3.1"
May 65.1° 44.4° 4.61" 0.0"
June 73.0° 53.5° 4.67" 0.0"
July 77.6° 57.6° 5.28" 0.0"
August 75.4° 56.2° 5.05" 0.0"
September 68.3° 48.9° 5.25" 0.0"
October 56.2° 38.3° 4.63" 0.9"
November 44.1° 28.9° 3.82" 5.0"
December 33.9° 20.2° 4.41" 12.5"

Rainfall by month

Precipitation is spread fairly evenly through the year here, with 29% falling in the wettest three months (Jul, Aug, Sep).

January 4.49"
February 3.08"
March 3.77"
April 4.21"
May 4.61"
June 4.67"
July 5.28"
August 5.05"
September 5.25"
October 4.63"
November 3.82"
December 4.41"
Annual total 53.27"

What this climate costs you

Degree days measure how hard a building has to work to stay comfortable. They are the reason two identical houses have very different power bills, and they are the link between the weather here and what you pay every month.

Cooling degree days How much air conditioning the climate demands 282
Heating degree days How much heating the climate demands 7,537
Approximate annual cooling cost At 21.73¢/kWh, Pennsylvania average $61
Approximate annual electric heating cost Lower where heating is gas rather than electric $573

These are rough planning figures from degree days and the state electricity price, not a bill estimate. House size, insulation and fuel type move them a lot. See the full cost of owning a home in Sullivan County, where electricity is one line of eight.

Common questions

What is the weather like in Sullivan County?

Sullivan County averages a high of 77.6°F in July and a low of 13.9°F in January. Annual precipitation is 53.27 inches, including 69.7 inches of snow.

When is the rainy season in Sullivan County?

The wettest stretch is Jul, Aug, Sep, which accounts for 29% of the year's precipitation. Precipitation is relatively evenly distributed across the year.

How hot does it get in Sullivan County?

The average daily high in July, the hottest month, is 77.6°F. That drives 282 cooling degree days a year, which is what your air conditioning has to work against.

Does it snow in Sullivan County?

Yes. Sullivan County averages 69.7 inches of snow a year.

Sources

  • Temperature, precipitation and snowfall normals: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, 1991 to 2020 Monthly Climate Normals, station LAPORTE, PA US (USC00364815), 1.5 miles from the county centroid.
  • Heating and cooling degree days: NOAA, same station and period.
  • Annual figures on this page are the sum of that station's twelve monthly normals. NOAA also publishes a separately-computed annual normal, which can differ from the monthly sum by a few percent; we use the monthly series because the month-by-month breakdown above has to come from it.
  • Electricity price: US Energy Information Administration, Electric Power Monthly Table 5.6.A, Pennsylvania residential average.
  • Wet-season share is the wettest three consecutive months as a percentage of annual precipitation, calculated from the monthly normals.