Warm-summer humid continental
Carbondale, Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 8.8k · 1,073 ft elevation
Living in Carbondale
Carbondale 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 51″ a year, and it is a snowy place (69″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (18 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Carbondale at a glance
- Population
- 8.8k
- Elevation
- 1,073 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 69″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,385 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $119k10th percentile
- Median rent
- $788/mo12th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k13th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.89%87th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 59 per 100k18th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 337 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7877th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 14°F | 3.5″ | 17.3″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 15°F | 3.0″ | 17.7″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 22°F | 3.6″ | 13.0″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 33°F | 4.2″ | 1.3″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 4.9″ | — | 241 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 54°F | 5.0″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 58°F | 5.0″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 50°F | 5.0″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 39°F | 5.0″ | 0.4″ | 170 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 29°F | 3.8″ | 4.9″ | 142 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 21°F | 4.0″ | 14.6″ | 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