Warm-summer humid continental
Berwick, Pennsylvania
Columbia County, Pennsylvania · Population 10k · 531 ft elevation
Living in Berwick
Berwick has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (46″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 27 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Berwick: 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.
Berwick at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 531 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 46″86th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,381 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $135k15th percentile
- Median rent
- $788/mo12th percentile
- Median household income
- $45k9th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.27%64th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.461th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 145 per 100k43th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 929 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6218th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,509 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 18°F | 3.2″ | 12.3″ | 124 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 20°F | 2.5″ | 12.9″ | 138 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 27°F | 3.4″ | 8.6″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 37°F | 4.4″ | 1.4″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 4.7″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 60°F | 4.5″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 59°F | 4.5″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 52°F | 4.9″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 41°F | 4.8″ | 0.6″ | 169 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 33°F | 3.4″ | 2.2″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 24°F | 3.6″ | 8.0″ | 104 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