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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

United States · 1.6M people · 32 m elevation · Köppen Cfa · Northern Hemisphere

Every month in detail

Thirty-year averages for each calendar month.

Monthly climate normals. Values shown as an em dash are missing from the source data.
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high42°F (5°C)45°F (7°C)53°F (12°C)65°F (19°C)76°F (24°C)84°F (29°C)88°F (31°C)87°F (30°C)80°F (27°C)69°F (20°C)57°F (14°C)46°F (8°C)
Average low26°F (-3°C)27°F (-3°C)34°F (1°C)43°F (6°C)54°F (12°C)63°F (17°C)68°F (20°C)67°F (19°C)59°F (15°C)48°F (9°C)38°F (3°C)30°F (-1°C)
Dew point22°F (-6°C)23°F (-5°C)30°F (-1°C)40°F (4°C)51°F (11°C)60°F (16°C)64°F (18°C)64°F (18°C)58°F (14°C)47°F (8°C)36°F (2°C)28°F (-2°C)
Rainfall3.3 in (83 mm)2.8 in (70 mm)4 in (102 mm)3.4 in (87 mm)3.5 in (90 mm)4 in (101 mm)4.3 in (109 mm)4.1 in (105 mm)4 in (102 mm)3.3 in (85 mm)3 in (77 mm)3.9 in (99 mm)
Rainy days88910108888779
Snowfall5.6 in (14.2 cm)6.5 in (16.6 cm)4.8 in (12.2 cm)0.6 in (1.5 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0.1 in (0.3 cm)0.5 in (1.3 cm)3.1 in (7.8 cm)
Sunshine129 h137 h162 h176 h203 h217 h244 h225 h188 h171 h140 h120 h

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Projected change, 2031–2050

Model projection, not an observation

How this city’s climate may change, measured against the same models’ own 1995–2014 output. Nothing here affects the match score above.

Change in summer afternoon highs

+2.9°F (+1.6°C)

Models range from +1.9°F (+1.1°C) to +3.6°F (+2.0°C)

Days above 90°F (32°C) a year

15 → 30

About 1.9× as many

Warming by month
  • January: +4.2°F (+2.3°C)
  • February: +3.7°F (+2.1°C)
  • March: +3.7°F (+2.1°C)
  • April: +2.3°F (+1.3°C)
  • May: +3.1°F (+1.7°C)
  • June: +3.1°F (+1.7°C)
  • July: +3.0°F (+1.7°C)
  • August: +2.6°F (+1.5°C)
  • September: +2.7°F (+1.5°C)
  • October: +3.0°F (+1.7°C)
  • November: +3.3°F (+1.9°C)
  • December: +3.0°F (+1.6°C)
Scenario
SSP5-8.5 (high emissions)
Models
4 · CMIP6 HighResMIP, downscaled

This is a high-emissions pathway — the upper end of plausible futures, not a central estimate. Changes are measured by each model against its own past output and then applied to the observed record, which cancels each model’s bias but not the genuine uncertainty about how much warming occurs. Where the models disagree widely, the range above is the honest answer.