Hot-summer humid continental
Carroll Valley, Pennsylvania
Adams County, Pennsylvania · Population 4k · 646 ft elevation
Living in Carroll Valley
Carroll Valley has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Carroll Valley: about 8% 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.
Carroll Valley at a glance
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 646 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,461 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $287k55th percentile
- Median household income
- $91k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.35%67th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.01th percentile
- Average commute
- 35 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 605 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6821th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 20%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,083 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 22°F | 3.5″ | 8.7″ | 129 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 22°F | 2.5″ | 8.8″ | 147 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 29°F | 4.2″ | 4.4″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 39°F | 3.9″ | 0.2″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 4.3″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 59°F | 4.3″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 4.3″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 62°F | 3.5″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 5.2″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 43°F | 3.8″ | 0.1″ | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 33°F | 3.4″ | 0.8″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 26°F | 3.8″ | 4.5″ | 116 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