Climate and average weather in Hartranft

In Hartranft, the summers are humid, hot, showery, and partly cloudy and the winters are cold, snowy, and partly cloudy.

Best: late August to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Hartranft typically varies from 27°F to 86°F, and is rarely below 11°F or above 94°F. July is the hottest month of the year, while January is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Hartranft for warm-weather activities are from mid April to late June and late August to late October.

Hottest
Jul
86°
Coldest
Jan
27°
Wettest
Sep
4.1 in
Driest
Nov
2.9 in
Rain / yr
43.4 in
116 wet days
Daylight
9.2–14.8 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
75 ft
40.0°N
Clearest
Oct
53% cloud

Hartranft is human settlement in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Hartranft weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late August to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Hartranft, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

The hot season lasts 4.0 months, from May 23 to September 22, with daily high temperatures above 75°F. The hottest month of the year in Hartranft is July, with an average high of 86°F and low of 70°F.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from December 3 to March 6, with daily high temperatures below 49°F. The coldest month of the year in Hartranft is January, with an average low of 27°F and high of 40°F.

Days typically run about 16°F warmer than nights year-round.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan4027
Feb4328
Mar5235
Apr6446
May7355
Jun8264
Jul8670
Aug8468
Sep7861
Oct6649
Nov5539
Dec4532

How hot and cold Hartranft really feels

Feels-like highFeels-like lowactual air temp

The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.

On the coldest nights, wind chill pulls the feels-like down to about 17°F (around January 24), with roughly 124 freezing days a year (feels-like at or below 32°F), worst in January.

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels-like high (°F)Air high (°F)Feels-like low (°F)Air low (°F)
Jan41401927
Feb43432028
Mar52522935
Apr63644146
May73735555
Jun82826464
Jul88867070
Aug85846868
Sep78786161
Oct66664749
Nov55553439
Dec45452532

Average hourly temperature in Hartranft

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on July afternoons, near 86°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 27°F.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Hartranft weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°F)Rainfall (inches)Wet daysSnow daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan40° / 27°3.29.33.89.50.0
Feb43° / 28°3.08.93.410.40.6
Mar52° / 35°4.110.52.611.72.7
Apr64° / 46°3.610.20.3135.5
May73° / 55°3.511.1014.26.5
Jun82° / 64°3.810.7014.85.9
Jul86° / 70°3.910.7014.54.8
Aug84° / 68°3.710.3013.65.5
Sep78° / 61°4.19.2012.36.9
Oct66° / 49°3.68.2010.96.3
Nov55° / 39°2.97.80.39.83.6
Dec45° / 32°3.99.31.99.21.1

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Hartranft gets about 43.4 in of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.1 months, from around Feb 15 to Aug 20, peaking in August at about 38% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Oct 29.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 4.1 in over about 9 wet days; November is the driest, with 2.9 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetAug 3 · 38%Oct 29 · 25%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan309
Feb329
Mar3411
Apr3410
May3511
Jun3611
Jul3511
Aug3410
Sep309
Oct278
Nov278
Dec309

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Hartranft collects about 43.4 in of rain across 116 wet days — roughly 3.6 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 4.1 in, while November is the driest at just 2.9 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 28% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

012345JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.23.04.13.63.53.83.93.74.13.62.93.9
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3.294
Feb3.093
Mar4.1113
Apr3.6100
May3.5110
Jun3.8110
Jul3.9110
Aug3.7100
Sep4.190
Oct3.680
Nov2.980
Dec3.992

Snow in Hartranft

Average snowy days through the year, the snow-season span, and estimated snowfall — for ski trips and the perennial 'will there be snow at Christmas?' question.

Hartranft averages about 12 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 24 to Apr 8 — about 4.5 months.

January is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 8 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 33 in of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonJan 18
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan48
Feb312
Mar37
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov01
Dec25

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Hartranft, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows mild seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around June 27 and lasts for 5.1 months, ending around November 28. The clearest month is October, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 53% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around January 10 and lasts for 5.5 months, ending around June 26. The cloudiest month is April, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 58% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecOct 11 · 55%Mar 26 · 41%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4654
Feb4555
Mar4357
Apr4258
May4555
Jun4555
Jul5050
Aug4951
Sep5248
Oct5347
Nov5050
Dec4654

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around June 9, brings about 14 h 48 min of light; the shortest, around January 1, only 9 h 12 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 36 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.57:264:54
Feb10.47:025:28
Mar11.76:206:00
Apr13.05:296:32
May14.24:517:03
Jun14.84:367:25
Jul14.54:497:24
Aug13.65:176:52
Sep12.35:476:03
Oct10.96:185:13
Nov9.86:534:38
Dec9.27:224:32

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Hartranft averages about 9 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 13 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 4.7 months, from around Aug 20 to Jan 10. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 7 sunny days — about 41% fewer than the October peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergloomymixedOct 1113 daysJun 137 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan9Mixed
Feb8Mixed
Mar9Mixed
Apr8Mixed
May8Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul8Mixed
Aug9Mixed
Sep11Mixed
Oct13Mixed
Nov11Mixed
Dec10Mixed

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Hartranft, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 4.4 months, from around May 21 to October 2. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 74% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 3 to May 20, and January is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 100% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan 20 · 100%Jul 25 · 22%oppressivemuggydryhumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9910000
Feb10000000
Mar9910000
Apr9262000
May661613500
Jun2621242270
Jul10162330211
Aug14162330170
Sep3721201670
Oct76137400
Nov9541000
Dec9910000

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Hartranft is typically calm, near 7 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.8 months, from around Oct 16 to May 10. The windiest month is March, averaging about 8 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 11 to Oct 15, with August the calmest month at about 5 mph.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezebreezyMar 6 · 8 mphAug 8 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan8light breeze
Feb8light breeze
Mar8light breeze
Apr8light breeze
May7calm
Jun6calm
Jul6calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov7light breeze
Dec8light breeze

Best time to visit Hartranft

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Hartranft throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around mid October, Hartranft is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 64°F and 82°F. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Hartranft for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid April to late June and again from late August to late October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 20 · 7.0

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan0.1poor
Feb0.6poor
Mar2.7poor
Apr5.4fair
May6.5good
Jun5.9good
Jul4.9fair
Aug5.5good
Sep6.9good
Oct6.2good
Nov3.6fair
Dec1.1poor

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 75°F and 93°F. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Hartranft for hot-weather activities is from late May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 27 · 7.1

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Hartranft, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

For a warm-season trip around July (highs near 86°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 40°F), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Hartranft sees daytime highs around 86°F and nights near 70°F. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Hartranft by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Hartranft peaks around July 10 at about 8 (very high) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 2 (low).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 8 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateHighVery highHighModerateLowJul 10UV 8Dec 21UV 2
UV index (midday)Level
Jan2Low
Feb3Moderate
Mar5Moderate
Apr6High
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep6High
Oct3Moderate
Nov3Moderate
Dec2Low

Average hourly UV index in Hartranft

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in July the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 4.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan00
Feb00
Mar50
Apr6.50
May7.54
Jun85
Jul84.5
Aug6.52.5
Sep60
Oct30
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Hartranft by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Hartranft is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1317 µg/m³Nov 129 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb13Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec10Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayTypical season (≥50%)

The growing season in Hartranft typically lasts about 285 days, from around March 4 to December 13 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 5 to November 3.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 450%Apr 590%Nov 390%Dec 1350%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan3131
Feb3428
Mar6631
Apr953
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct980
Nov8026
Dec4931

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 50°F)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 50°F: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Hartranft banks about 3,742 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around July.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°F·days)
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr135
May428
Jun693
Jul866
Aug808
Sep573
Oct235
Nov4
Dec0

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Hartranft receives about 4.1 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — bright — with a clear seasonal swing between 1.8 and 6.2 kWh/m².

The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.2 months, from around Mar 16 to Sep 20. The brightest month is July, averaging about 5.9 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.8 kWh/m² — roughly 69% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 26.2 kWhDec 161.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.1Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.0Bright
Apr5.1Bright
May5.6Bright
Jun6.0Intense
Jul5.9Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep4.2Bright
Oct3.2Moderate
Nov2.3Moderate
Dec1.8Dim

Where is Hartranft?

Hartranft sits at 40.0°N, 75.1°W, 75 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is Fishtown, 1.2 mi away.

Topography around Hartranft

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 2, 10 and 50 miles of Hartranft.

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Hartranft has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 ft around an average of 75 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 571 ft; within 50 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,516 ft.

The land around Hartranft is covered by artificial surfaces (85%) within 2 miles, trees (44%) and artificial surfaces (40%) within 10 miles, and trees (64%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
161 ft
10 miles
571 ft
50 miles
1,516 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: Fishtown 1.2 mi · Strawberry Mansion 1.9 mi · Nicetown-Tioga 1.9 mi · Hunting Park 2.5 mi · Philadelphia 2.5 mi · Center City 2.5 mi · Port Richmond 2.5 mi · Juniata Park 2.5 mi

United States travel facts

Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 100% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$90,027
2025
Happiness
6.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
98%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
5.8
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
12.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
High
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 47%unaffiliated 23%Roman Catholic 21%Jewish 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Hartranft (39.9848°, -75.1471°, elevation 75 ft), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).