Warm-summer humid continental
Freeland, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 3.8k · 1,873 ft elevation
Living in Freeland
Freeland has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and cold winters (January lows around 14°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (42″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (12 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 Freeland: 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.
Freeland at a glance
- Population
- 3.8k
- Elevation
- 1,873 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 42″82th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,383 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $97k5th percentile
- Median rent
- $904/mo24th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.38%69th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.066th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 18%10th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 103 per 100k32th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 775 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 20%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,378 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 14°F | 3.1″ | 12.8″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 16°F | 2.6″ | 9.7″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 23°F | 3.6″ | 10.5″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 33°F | 4.1″ | 2.1″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 44°F | 4.2″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 53°F | 4.8″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 76°F | 55°F | 4.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 48°F | 5.2″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 37°F | 4.7″ | — | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 46°F | 28°F | 3.6″ | 1.6″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 21°F | 3.8″ | 4.8″ | 106 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