Warm-summer humid continental
Bradford, Pennsylvania
McKean County, Pennsylvania · Population 7.7k · 1,430 ft elevation
Living in Bradford
Bradford has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (10 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 Bradford: about 24% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 900 ft around town.
Bradford at a glance
- Population
- 7.7k
- Elevation
- 1,430 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,233 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $76k2th percentile
- Median rent
- $745/mo8th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k24th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.16%92th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.663th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 790 per 100k96th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,719 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5413th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 26%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 24%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 853 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 14°F | 3.8″ | 20.5″ | 89 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 14°F | 2.8″ | 15.6″ | 105 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 22°F | 3.3″ | 10.0″ | 160 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 33°F | 4.2″ | 2.9″ | 196 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 52°F | 4.8″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 56°F | 5.0″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 55°F | 4.6″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 48°F | 4.2″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 37°F | 4.4″ | 0.8″ | 152 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 29°F | 3.9″ | 7.0″ | 115 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 21°F | 4.1″ | 18.4″ | 72 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