Hot-summer humid continental
Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
Columbia County, Pennsylvania · Population 13k · 541 ft elevation
Living in Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (34″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 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 Bloomsburg: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,400 ft around town.
Bloomsburg at a glance
- Population
- 13k
- Elevation
- 541 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 34″74th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,381 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $186k30th percentile
- Median rent
- $937/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k14th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.10%57th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.651th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 253 per 100k65th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 737 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6218th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 21°F | 3.5″ | 9.3″ | 124 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 24°F | 2.5″ | 8.9″ | 138 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 30°F | 3.7″ | 7.7″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 40°F | 4.3″ | 0.8″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 50°F | 4.2″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 59°F | 4.8″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 63°F | 4.4″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 4.1″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 55°F | 5.2″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 44°F | 4.3″ | 0.4″ | 169 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 35°F | 3.5″ | 1.8″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 27°F | 3.7″ | 4.6″ | 105 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