Warm-summer humid continental
Clarion, Pennsylvania
Clarion County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.2k · 1,496 ft elevation
Living in Clarion
Clarion has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (51″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (9 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Clarion: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 700 ft around town.
Clarion at a glance
- Population
- 4.2k
- Elevation
- 1,496 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 51″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,252 hrs2th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $155k20th percentile
- Median rent
- $840/mo18th percentile
- Median household income
- $42k6th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.22%62th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.576th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 15%5th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 130 per 100k39th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 830 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 304th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 656 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 14°F | 3.6″ | 14.5″ | 93 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 14°F | 2.7″ | 10.4″ | 112 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 21°F | 3.5″ | 7.8″ | 155 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 31°F | 4.0″ | 1.0″ | 198 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 42°F | 3.9″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 51°F | 4.7″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 56°F | 5.3″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 55°F | 4.2″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 48°F | 4.0″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 36°F | 3.6″ | 0.2″ | 161 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 27°F | 3.6″ | 3.6″ | 128 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 21°F | 3.7″ | 13.3″ | 71 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