Hot-summer humid continental
Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.9k · 1,106 ft elevation
Living in Clearfield
Clearfield has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is a snowy place (63″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (20 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 Clearfield: about 30% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Clearfield at a glance
- Population
- 5.9k
- Elevation
- 1,106 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 63″93th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,242 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $101k6th percentile
- Median rent
- $686/mo4th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k17th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.62%78th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.670th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 316 per 100k73th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,624 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6721th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 17%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 30%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 984 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 19°F | 2.8″ | 18.8″ | 101 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 21°F | 2.3″ | 18.0″ | 117 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 28°F | 3.1″ | 8.2″ | 162 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 37°F | 3.9″ | 2.4″ | 198 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 3.7″ | 0.1″ | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 56°F | 4.4″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 60°F | 3.6″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 3.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 51°F | 3.8″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 41°F | 3.1″ | 0.8″ | 161 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 32°F | 3.2″ | 2.9″ | 130 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 25°F | 2.9″ | 11.8″ | 80 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