Altoona weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇸 United States · small town · hot-summer continental climate
The best time to visit Altoona is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 73/100), with June and July close behind. Altoona averages about 1,899 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 28°C / 82°F and roughly 92 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,899
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 73/100
- Rain / year
- 1,046 mm
- Snow / year
- ≈1.5 m
- Midday UV at peak
- 7 (high)
- Population
- 45k
- Elevation
- 451 m
When is the best time to visit Altoona?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Altoona is August, then June and July. The dullest month is January (0/100, 67 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Altoona?
Altoona gets a moderate 1,899 hours of sunshine a year. 73 Sunshine Score points separate August (73) from January (0), so the month you pick matters. It ranks #439 of 580 destinations in United States for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,279 hours. The year's 1,046 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 | 0° / 32°F | -8° / 18°F | 67 mm | 1 |
| February | 0 | 2° / 36°F | -8° / 18°F | 64 mm | 2 |
| March | 0 | 8° / 46°F | -3° / 27°F | 78 mm | 3 |
| April | 43 | 15° / 59°F | 2° / 36°F | 87 mm | 5 |
| May | 70 | 21° / 70°F | 9° / 48°F | 106 mm | 6 |
| June | 71 | 25° / 77°F | 14° / 57°F | 103 mm | 7 |
| July | 71 | 29° / 84°F | 16° / 61°F | 100 mm | 7 |
| August | 73 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 92 mm | 6 |
| September | 71 | 24° / 75°F | 11° / 52°F | 103 mm | 5 |
| October | 48 | 16° / 61°F | 5° / 41°F | 93 mm | 3 |
| November | 6 | 9° / 48°F | -1° / 30°F | 69 mm | 2 |
| December | 0 | 3° / 37°F | -5° / 23°F | 84 mm | 1 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Latrobe United States · 92 km · best in Aug · 1,896 h sun/yr
- Harrisburg United States · 133 km · best in May · 2,080 h sun/yr
- Pittsburgh United States · 163 km · best in Aug · 1,929 h sun/yr
- Washington United States · 168 km · best in Aug · 2,293 h sun/yr
- Baltimore United States · 188 km · best in Oct · 2,241 h sun/yr
- Charlottesville United States · 240 km · best in Apr · 2,308 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Johnstown United States · 44 km · 1,899 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- State College United States · 73 km · 2,007 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Hagerstown United States · 83 km · 2,175 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Dubois United States · 110 km · 1,825 h sun/yr · best in Aug
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