Hot-summer humid continental
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 21k · 482 ft elevation
Living in Carlisle
Carlisle has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 27 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Carlisle: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Carlisle at a glance
- Population
- 21k
- Elevation
- 482 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,462 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $212k37th percentile
- Median rent
- $986/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $60k30th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.58%76th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.487th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 59%
- Violent crime rate
- 173 per 100k50th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,066 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8641th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,148 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 20°F | 3.1″ | 7.7″ | 129 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 21°F | 2.6″ | 9.6″ | 147 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 29°F | 4.0″ | 4.8″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 38°F | 3.8″ | 0.2″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 4.7″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 58°F | 4.4″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 62°F | 5.5″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 61°F | 4.0″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 53°F | 5.0″ | — | 229 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 41°F | 4.3″ | 0.5″ | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 32°F | 3.1″ | 0.9″ | 157 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 25°F | 3.6″ | 4.0″ | 115 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