Hot-summer humid continental
Boalsburg, Pennsylvania
Centre County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.7k · 1,106 ft elevation
Living in Boalsburg
Boalsburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (44″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (19 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Boalsburg is an outdoor hub: about 27% 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.
Boalsburg at a glance
- Population
- 4.7k
- Elevation
- 1,106 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 44″84th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,365 hrs7th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $400k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,269/mo55th percentile
- Median household income
- $107k78th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.17%60th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.877th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%58th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6821th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9191th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 33%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 27%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 21°F | 2.9″ | 11.3″ | 122 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 22°F | 2.5″ | 11.6″ | 142 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 29°F | 3.4″ | 9.4″ | 183 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 40°F | 3.5″ | 0.9″ | 205 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 51°F | 3.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 64°F | 3.8″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 62°F | 4.2″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 54°F | 4.0″ | — | 223 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 43°F | 3.5″ | 0.4″ | 168 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 34°F | 3.0″ | 2.6″ | 140 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 26°F | 3.2″ | 7.6″ | 102 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