Hot-summer humid continental
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Blair County, Pennsylvania · Population 44k · 1,178 ft elevation
Living in Altoona
Altoona has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (38″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Altoona: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Altoona at a glance
- Population
- 44k
- Elevation
- 1,178 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 38″78th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,328 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $114k9th percentile
- Median rent
- $789/mo12th percentile
- Median household income
- $50k15th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.18%60th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 285 per 100k69th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,532 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 19%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,476 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 19°F | 2.9″ | 10.1″ | 110 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 21°F | 2.6″ | 11.0″ | 128 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 3.5″ | 7.6″ | 167 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 39°F | 3.8″ | 0.6″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 49°F | 4.4″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 58°F | 4.2″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 62°F | 4.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 61°F | 3.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 54°F | 4.3″ | — | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 43°F | 3.8″ | — | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 33°F | 3.6″ | 1.2″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 25°F | 3.4″ | 7.6″ | 97 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology