Cranberry Township climate — normals and trends
Cranberry Township (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 1,208 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (22.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in May.
Cranberry Township averages 109 frost days, 17 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 149 rainy days per year.
Cranberry Township has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 122 to 96 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 16 July 1988) and the coldest -29.4 °C (on 19 January 1994).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Cranberry TownshipPennsylvania
- coords
- 40.68°, -80.11°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.2°C
Average daily high
15.1°C
Average daily low
5.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,208mm
Sunshine / day
8.3h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
15.5km/h
Seasonal range
24.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
109 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
17 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
149 d/yr
Annual snowfall
81.1 cm
Average feels-like high
13.5 °C
Average feels-like low
3.1 °C
Average peak gust
37.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
14 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
38.1 °C
16 July 1988
Coldest day
-29.4 °C
19 January 1994
Wettest day
121 mm
17 September 2004
Windiest day
46.1 km/h
3 April 1975
Strongest gust
106.6 km/h
14 January 1940
Hottest feels-like
42.6 °C
15 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-35.3 °C
19 January 1994
Snowiest day
33.2 cm
25 November 1950
Sunniest day
14.8 h
4 July 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | -1.5 °C | -2.9 °C | 50 mm | -39 mm |
| Feb | 3.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 120 mm | +39 mm |
| Mar | 13.6 °C | +4.8 °C | 76 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 17.1 °C | +1.7 °C | 123 mm | +7 mm |
| May | 19.6 °C | -1.2 °C | 231 mm | +106 mm |
| Jun | 26.9 °C | +1.6 °C | 166 mm | +45 mm |
| Jul | 29.4 °C | +2.0 °C | 93 mm | -16 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | +0.9 °C | 44 mm | -54 mm |
| Sep | 25.7 °C | +2.8 °C | 80 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 17.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 85 mm | +1 mm |
| Nov | 9.3 °C | -0.3 °C | 65 mm | -27 mm |
| Dec | 3.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 91 mm | +1 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cranberry Township?
Cranberry Township has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.2 °C and it receives 1,208 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cranberry Township?
The hottest day measured in Cranberry Township between 1940 and 2025 was 16 July 1988, reaching 38.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cranberry Township?
The coldest day measured in Cranberry Township between 1940 and 2025 was 19 January 1994, at -29.4 °C.
Does it snow in Cranberry Township?
Yes. Cranberry Township gets on average 81.1 cm of snow per year and has around 109 frost days.
Has the climate of Cranberry Township warmed?
Yes: Cranberry Township warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cranberry Township?
The wettest day measured in Cranberry Township between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 2004, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cranberry Township?
The windiest day measured in Cranberry Township between 1940 and 2025 was 3 April 1975, with winds reaching 46.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cranberry Township?
The warmest month in Cranberry Township is July (22.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Cranberry Township?
Cranberry Township receives on average 1,208 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 149 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cranberry Township?
Cranberry Township gets on average 8.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,030 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cranberry Township?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cranberry Township between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with 33.2 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cranberry Township?
Yes: Cranberry Township has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cranberry Township?
In Cranberry Township, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.6 °C on 15 July 1995, and the lowest was -35.3 °C on 19 January 1994.
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