Hot-summer humid continental
Dallas, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.7k · 1,135 ft elevation
Living in Dallas
Dallas has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 39″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (16 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 Dallas: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,400 ft around town.
Dallas at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 1,135 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 39″35th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,382 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $198k33th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,178/mo49th percentile
- Median household income
- $81k57th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.76%83th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.346th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 110 per 100k34th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 883 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 20°F | 2.6″ | 11.7″ | 123 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 21°F | 2.1″ | 10.9″ | 138 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 2.8″ | 10.1″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 39°F | 3.3″ | 0.8″ | 207 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 3.3″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 3.8″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 62°F | 3.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 60°F | 3.9″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 53°F | 4.2″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 43°F | 3.7″ | 0.7″ | 169 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 34°F | 2.9″ | 3.2″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 2.8″ | 7.7″ | 104 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