Days of Sunshine Per Year in Pennsylvania
Number of Sunny Days
In the table below, the average number of Sunny Days for a city in Pennsylvania is the total days in a year when the sky is mostly clear. This includes the days when cloud covers up to 30% of the sky during daylight hours.
Partly Sunny Days have cloud covering from 40% to 70% of the sky during the daytime.
Total Days With Sun is a sum of the Sunny plus Partly Sunny days. The rest of the days are mainly overcast, with at least 80% cloud cover. All the numbers are annual averages, made from years of weather watching.
City | Sunny | Partly Sunny | Total Days With Sun |
---|---|---|---|
Allentown | 94 | 110 | 204 |
Erie | 63 | 97 | 160 |
Harrisburg | 87 | 109 | 196 |
Philadelphia | 93 | 112 | 205 |
Pittsburgh | 59 | 103 | 162 |
Wilkes-Barre & Scranton | 70 | 106 | 176 |
Williamsport | 67 | 110 | 177 |
Amount of Sun
Here's another way to look at how much sunshine a city gets. The % Sun number measures the percentage of time between sunrise and sunset that sunshine reaches the ground. Again, these amounts are yearly averages based on many years of weather observations.
City | % Sun |
---|---|
Allentown | 53 |
Harrisburg | 58 |
Philadelphia | 56 |
Pittsburgh | 45 |
Wilkes-Barre & Scranton | 51 |
Reference
National Climatic Data Center. Comparative Climatic Data.