Precipitation Changeability

How often does precipitation change from one day to the next?

High Temp Low Temp Precipitation

Your location, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, ranks #194 out of 1654 locations for precipitation changeability.

Most Changeable

The 25 locations where precipitation changed the most from one day to the next over the last 12 months. Change % is how often the weather switched between a precipitation day and a dry day. Precip→Dry is how often a precipitation day was followed by a dry day, and Dry→Precip is the reverse.

Rank	Location	Change %	Precip→Dry	Dry→Precip
1	Welland, Ontario, Canada	48.1%	64.0%	31.6%
2	Keene, New Hampshire, USA	46.1%	61.0%	33.9%
3	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada	45.2%	56.3%	35.6%
4	Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, USA	45.0%	54.3%	37.3%
5	Bradford, Pennsylvania, USA	44.7%	54.1%	35.6%
6	Mansfield, England, United Kingdom	44.7%	38.0%	53.8%
7	Erie, Pennsylvania, USA	44.3%	47.8%	41.1%
8	Youngstown, Ohio, USA	44.2%	49.7%	38.7%
9	Cadillac, Michigan, USA	44.1%	54.4%	34.6%
10	Berlin, New Hampshire, USA	44.1%	50.6%	36.8%
11	Olean, New York, USA	44.0%	48.5%	39.1%
12	Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil	43.4%	54.4%	30.0%
13	Beckley, West Virginia, USA	43.3%	46.8%	38.4%
14	Bay Harbor, Michigan, USA	43.2%	55.0%	32.7%
15	Buffalo, New York, USA	43.2%	47.4%	38.5%
16	Flint, Michigan, USA	43.0%	56.3%	32.8%
17	Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada	43.0%	56.6%	30.2%
18	Pelentong, Johor, Malaysia	42.9%	43.2%	42.4%
19	Saint John's, Saint John Parish, Antigua and Barbuda	42.7%	38.9%	47.9%
20	Lewiston, Maine, USA	42.7%	54.8%	33.0%
21	Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia	42.5%	38.5%	48.7%
22	Port Louis, Port Louis, Mauritius	42.5%	39.1%	46.8%
23	Albany, New York, USA	42.4%	51.6%	34.1%
24	Cornwall, Ontario, Canada	42.4%	51.9%	33.1%
25	Kentwood, Michigan, USA	42.2%	48.4%	36.3%

Least Changeable

The 25 locations where precipitation changed the least from one day to the next over the last 12 months. These are places where the weather tends to stay the same — dry days stay dry and rainy days stay rainy.

Rank	Location	Change %	Precip→Dry	Dry→Precip
1630	Lake Havasu City, Arizona, USA	10.5%	65.4%	5.2%
1631	Khamis Mushait, 'Asir Region, Saudi Arabia	10.5%	83.3%	3.8%
1632	Oxnard, California, USA	10.3%	47.2%	5.8%
1633	Tulare, California, USA	10.2%	47.2%	5.6%
1634	Jizan, Jazan Region, Saudi Arabia	10.1%	70.4%	3.8%
1635	Santa Clarita, California, USA	9.9%	44.7%	5.4%
1636	Yazd, Yazd Province, Iran	9.7%	77.8%	5.0%
1637	Riverside, California, USA	9.6%	50.0%	4.1%
1638	Irvine, California, USA	9.6%	47.1%	5.2%
1639	Garden Grove, California, USA	9.6%	40.0%	5.4%
1640	San Luis Obispo, California, USA	9.5%	44.2%	4.3%
1641	Los Angeles, California, USA	9.3%	42.5%	4.8%
1642	Visalia, California, USA	9.0%	50.0%	4.0%
1643	Santa Ana, California, USA	8.9%	59.5%	2.4%
1644	Long Beach, California, USA	8.9%	45.7%	4.5%
1645	Ventura, California, USA	8.4%	40.0%	4.1%
1646	Tamanghasset, Tamanrasset, Algeria	8.3%	70.0%	3.7%
1647	Blythe, California, USA	8.3%	69.6%	3.4%
1648	Santa Maria, California, USA	8.2%	39.0%	3.8%
1649	Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan, Iran	7.5%	57.9%	3.8%
1650	Torrance, California, USA	7.0%	68.4%	2.6%
1651	Al Bahah, Al Bahah Region, Saudi Arabia	6.9%	92.3%	2.9%
1652	Cairo, Cairo, Egypt	6.4%	88.9%	3.6%
1653	Fujairah, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates	4.8%	88.9%	2.1%
1654	Najran, Najran Region, Saudi Arabia	3.8%	77.8%	1.4%