Hot-summer humid continental
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
Franklin County, Pennsylvania · Population 22k · 627 ft elevation
Living in Chambersburg
Chambersburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (31″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Chambersburg: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
Chambersburg at a glance
- Population
- 22k
- Elevation
- 627 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 31″71th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,461 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $196k33th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,088/mo41th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k24th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.17%60th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.066th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 33%30th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 343 per 100k76th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,452 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7628th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,280 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 23°F | 3.2″ | 10.0″ | 129 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 25°F | 2.6″ | 8.0″ | 147 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 32°F | 3.6″ | 6.0″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 42°F | 4.0″ | 0.3″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 52°F | 4.1″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 61°F | 4.1″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 65°F | 3.8″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 63°F | 3.8″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 45°F | 3.5″ | — | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 35°F | 3.1″ | 1.0″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 27°F | 3.5″ | 5.5″ | 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