Hot-summer humid continental
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Bedford County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.9k · 1,109 ft elevation
Living in Bedford
Bedford has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ 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 (19 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Bedford: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
Bedford at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 1,109 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 38″78th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,327 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $182k28th percentile
- Median rent
- $674/mo3th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.89%44th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 71%2th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.676th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 388 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6821th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,739 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 19°F | 2.8″ | 10.3″ | 111 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 21°F | 2.3″ | 10.3″ | 128 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 28°F | 3.4″ | 8.0″ | 167 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 37°F | 3.6″ | 0.5″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 47°F | 4.4″ | — | 235 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 56°F | 4.0″ | — | 270 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 60°F | 3.8″ | — | 295 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 58°F | 3.3″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 51°F | 3.8″ | — | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 40°F | 3.1″ | 0.1″ | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 30°F | 3.0″ | 1.7″ | 147 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 24°F | 3.1″ | 6.7″ | 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