Hot-summer humid continental
Beaver, Pennsylvania
Beaver County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.4k · 797 ft elevation
Living in Beaver
Beaver has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it gets light snow (20″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 46, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Beaver at a glance
- Population
- 4.4k
- Elevation
- 797 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 20″58th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,332 hrs6th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4673th percentile
- Median home value
- $238k44th percentile
- Median rent
- $919/mo26th percentile
- Median household income
- $76k52th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.47%72th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.7100th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 41 per 100k12th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 395 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7527th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5151th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 19°F | 3.1″ | 9.1″ | 99 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 19°F | 2.4″ | 5.2″ | 117 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 27°F | 3.1″ | 2.6″ | 162 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 37°F | 3.6″ | — | 205 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 56°F | 4.3″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 61°F | 3.8″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 3.5″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 3.6″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 3.1″ | 0.1″ | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 31°F | 3.0″ | 0.3″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 24°F | 3.0″ | 2.5″ | 88 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