Warm-summer humid continental
Bangor, Pennsylvania
Northampton County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.2k · 512 ft elevation
Living in Bangor
Bangor has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets light snow (23″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Bangor: about 15% 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.
Bangor at a glance
- Population
- 5.2k
- Elevation
- 512 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 23″62th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $167k24th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,049/mo38th percentile
- Median household income
- $64k35th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.01%89th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 79%7th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.097th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 84 per 100k26th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 464 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,542 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 17°F | 3.2″ | 9.9″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 18°F | 2.7″ | 5.2″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 25°F | 3.6″ | 3.5″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 35°F | 4.0″ | 0.3″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 45°F | 4.1″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 55°F | 4.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 4.8″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 4.5″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 51°F | 4.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 40°F | 4.8″ | — | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 29°F | 3.3″ | 0.4″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 23°F | 4.1″ | 4.0″ | 127 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