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Weather extremes in Philadelphia

Philadelphia ranks #70 of 134 US cities for mild weather, with a mildness score of 48 — Some Fun. That puts it in the 49th percentile nationally and #1 of 2 in Pennsylvania.

mildness score
48
Some Fun
National rank
#70 of 134
In Pennsylvania
#1 of 2
Percentile
49th

The typical city scores 50 for mild weather; Philadelphia sits 2 points below the median.

How weather extremes is measured

Punishing heat, cold and storm extremes.

The mildness score is the flip side of our weather extremes measure — 100 minus the raw weather extremes score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data sources: NOAA Storm Events and climate-extremes data.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Philadelphia

  1. T#67 Stowe, VT 50
  2. #69 Greensboro, NC 49
  3. #70 Philadelphia, PA — this page 48
  4. T#71 Bakersfield, CA 47
  5. T#71 Jackson, WY 47

See the full leaderboard — Cities with the mildest weather →

Top US cities for mild weather

  1. #1 Seattle, WA 100
  2. #2 San Francisco, CA 99
  3. T#3 Key West, FL 98
  4. T#3 Telluride, CO 98
  5. #5 Portland, OR 97

More about Philadelphia

Philadelphia scores 45 overall (Some Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: