Climate and average weather in Phoenixville

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

Best: mid August to late October

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Phoenixville typically varies from 25°F to 85°F, and is rarely below 9°F or above 93°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 Phoenixville for warm-weather activities are from late April to late June and mid August to late October.

Hottest
Jul
85°
Coldest
Jan
25°
Wettest
Sep
4.6 in
Driest
Feb
3.0 in
Rain / yr
46.1 in
121 wet days
Daylight
9.1–14.9 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
138 ft
40.1°N
Clearest
Oct
54% cloud

Phoenixville 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 mid August to late October.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Phoenixville, 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 74°F. The hottest month of the year in Phoenixville is July, with an average high of 85°F and low of 68°F.

The cool season lasts 3.1 months, from December 2 to March 6, with daily high temperatures below 47°F. The coldest month of the year in Phoenixville is January, with an average low of 25°F and high of 39°F.

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

20°40°60°80°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°F)Avg low (°F)
Jan3925
Feb4226
Mar5033
Apr6244
May7153
Jun8163
Jul8568
Aug8366
Sep7659
Oct6447
Nov5338
Dec4330

How hot and cold Phoenixville 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 15°F (around January 23), with roughly 134 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)
Jan39391725
Feb42421826
Mar50502733
Apr62623944
May71715353
Jun81816363
Jul86856868
Aug84836666
Sep76765959
Oct64644547
Nov53533238
Dec43432330

Average hourly temperature in Phoenixville

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 85°F, and coldest before dawn in January, near 25°F.

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

Phoenixville 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
Jan39° / 25°3.39.54.29.50.0
Feb42° / 26°3.093.810.40.3
Mar50° / 33°4.0113.311.72.3
Apr62° / 44°3.8110.4135.1
May71° / 53°3.911.7014.26.3
Jun81° / 63°4.311.7014.86.0
Jul85° / 68°4.411.7014.65.0
Aug83° / 66°4.010.3013.65.8
Sep76° / 59°4.69.4012.36.9
Oct64° / 47°3.88.80.110.95.9
Nov53° / 38°3.07.90.59.83.2
Dec43° / 30°3.99.32.49.20.6

Chance of rain

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

Phoenixville gets about 46.1 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 5.9 months, from around Feb 19 to Aug 18, peaking in July at about 41% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Nov 4.

September is the wettest month by volume, with 4.6 in over about 9 wet days; February is the driest, with 3.0 in. Some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0%10%20%30%40%50%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetJul 27 · 41%Nov 4 · 25%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan3110
Feb329
Mar3511
Apr3711
May3812
Jun3812
Jul3812
Aug3410
Sep309
Oct299
Nov278
Dec309

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Phoenixville collects about 46.1 in of rain across 121 wet days — roughly 3.8 in in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. September is the wettest month with 4.6 in, while February is the driest at just 3.0 in. The three wettest months alone bring about 29% of the year’s total, and some of the cold-season precipitation falls as snow.

0123456JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec3.33.04.03.83.94.34.44.04.63.83.03.9
Rainfall (in)Rain daysSnow days
Jan3.3104
Feb3.094
Mar4.0113
Apr3.8110
May3.9120
Jun4.3120
Jul4.4120
Aug4.0100
Sep4.690
Oct3.890
Nov3.081
Dec3.992

Snow in Phoenixville

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.

Phoenixville averages about 15 snowy days a year. Snow season runs roughly Nov 18 to Apr 13 — about 4.8 months.

February is snowiest, with roughly 4 days of snow and an estimated 13 in of snowfall. Over the year that adds up to an estimated 41 in of snow.

0246JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsnow seasonsnow seasonFeb 7
Snow daysSnowfall (in)
Jan410
Feb413
Mar310
Apr01
May00
Jun00
Jul00
Aug00
Sep00
Oct00
Nov11
Dec26

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

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

The clearer part of the year begins around June 28 and lasts for 5.0 months, ending around November 25. 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 1 and lasts for 5.8 months, ending around June 27. The cloudiest month is March, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 59% 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 10 · 54%Mar 24 · 39%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan4258
Feb4357
Mar4159
Apr4159
May4357
Jun4258
Jul4951
Aug4852
Sep5050
Oct5347
Nov4951
Dec4456

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 19, brings about 14 h 54 min of light; the shortest, around December 18, only 9 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 5 h 48 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan9.57:284:55
Feb10.47:045:29
Mar11.76:226:02
Apr13.05:306:34
May14.24:527:05
Jun14.84:377:27
Jul14.64:507:25
Aug13.65:186:54
Sep12.35:496:04
Oct10.96:205:15
Nov9.86:554:40
Dec9.27:234:33

Sunny days

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

Phoenixville 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 12 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.6 months, from around Aug 15 to Dec 2. The sunniest month is October, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).

The greyest month is June, down near 7 sunny days — about 42% fewer than the October peak.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedOct 1012 daysJun 137 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan8Gloomy
Feb8Mixed
Mar8Gloomy
Apr8Gloomy
May7Gloomy
Jun7Gloomy
Jul8Gloomy
Aug9Mixed
Sep11Mixed
Oct12Mixed
Nov10Mixed
Dec9Mixed

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 Phoenixville, 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 1. The muggiest month is July, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 70% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around October 2 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 24 · 26%oppressivemuggydryhumidcomfortablecomfortablehumidcomfortable
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
Jan9910000
Feb10000000
Mar9910000
Apr9351000
May681612500
Jun2923232150
Jul12182432141
Aug16192429120
Sep4221181450
Oct80116300
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 Phoenixville is typically calm, near 7 mph, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around Oct 15 to May 6. The windiest month is March, averaging about 8 mph (light breeze).

The calmer part of the year runs from around May 7 to Oct 14, with August the calmest month at about 5 mph.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwindiercalmerwindiercalmlight breezeMar 5 · 8 mphAug 9 · 5 mph
Wind speed (mph)Feels
Jan8light breeze
Feb8light breeze
Mar8light breeze
Apr7calm
May6calm
Jun6calm
Jul5calm
Aug5calm
Sep6calm
Oct7calm
Nov7calm
Dec7calm

Best time to visit Phoenixville

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

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

Around mid October, Phoenixville 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 Phoenixville for general outdoor tourist activities run from late April to late June and again from mid August to late October, with a peak score in the third week of September.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationSep 16 · 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
Jan0.0poor
Feb0.3poor
Mar2.3poor
Apr5.0fair
May6.3good
Jun6.0good
Jul5.1fair
Aug5.8good
Sep6.9good
Oct5.9good
Nov3.2poor
Dec0.6poor

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 Phoenixville 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 26 · 6.9

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 Phoenixville, 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 85°F), the essentials are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. In the cold season around January (highs near 39°F), pack a warm layer, a heavy coat and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In July, Phoenixville sees daytime highs around 85°F and nights near 68°F. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Phoenixville 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 Phoenixville peaks around June 23 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 highHighModerateLowJun 23UV 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 Phoenixville

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 June the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 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
Apr60
May84.5
Jun85
Jul84.5
Aug6.52
Sep60
Oct2.50
Nov00
Dec00

Air quality in Phoenixville 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 Phoenixville is worst in July — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1417 µg/m³Nov 148 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb12Good
Mar13Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

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

The growing season in Phoenixville typically lasts about 271 days, from around March 12 to December 7 — the span where a frost-free day is more likely than not. It is reliably frost-free from April 10 to October 31.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgrowing seasonMar 1250%Apr 1090%Oct 3190%Dec 750%
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan2631
Feb2828
Mar5831
Apr938
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct970
Nov7429
Dec4331

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. Phoenixville banks about 3,405 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
Apr94
May381
Jun647
Jul818
Aug759
Sep523
Oct183
Nov0
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.

Phoenixville receives about 4.0 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 6.0 kWh/m² (bright).

The dimmest month is December, down near 1.8 kWh/m² — roughly 70% less than the July peak.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmerbrighterdimmerdimmoderatebrightintenseJul 26.2 kWhDec 161.8 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan2.1Moderate
Feb3.0Moderate
Mar4.0Bright
Apr5.0Bright
May5.6Bright
Jun6.0Intense
Jul6.0Bright
Aug5.2Bright
Sep4.2Bright
Oct3.1Moderate
Nov2.3Moderate
Dec1.8Dim

Where is Phoenixville?

Phoenixville sits at 40.1°N, 75.5°W, 138 ft above sea level, in United States. The nearest listed city is King of Prussia, 6.8 mi away.

Topography around Phoenixville

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

Within 2 miles, the terrain around Phoenixville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 341 ft around an average of 177 ft above sea level; within 10 miles, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,145 ft; within 50 miles, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,969 ft.

The land around Phoenixville is covered by trees (59%) and grassland (21%) within 2 miles, trees (63%) and grassland (23%) within 10 miles, and trees (57%) within 50 miles.

2 miles
341 ft
10 miles
1,145 ft
50 miles
1,969 ft
treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
Nearby: King of Prussia 6.8 mi · Limerick 6.8 mi · Wayne 8.7 mi · Norristown 9.3 mi · Radnor 9.9 mi · Pottstown 11 mi · West Chester 12 mi · Lansdale 14 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 Phoenixville (40.1304°, -75.5149°, elevation 138 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).