Warm-summer humid continental
Frostburg, Maryland
Allegany County, Maryland · Population 7k · 2,064 ft elevation
Living in Frostburg
Frostburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it is a snowy place (72″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Frostburg at a glance
- Population
- 7k
- Elevation
- 2,064 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 72″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,542 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $173k26th percentile
- Median rent
- $865/mo20th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k17th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.11%57th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 6.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.387th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 43%47th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 43 per 100k12th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 86 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5915th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7473th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 6%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,936 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 19°F | 3.4″ | 19.0″ | 141 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 20°F | 3.0″ | 19.0″ | 152 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 27°F | 4.0″ | 14.9″ | 191 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 37°F | 4.0″ | 1.8″ | 218 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 47°F | 5.2″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 285 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 60°F | 3.7″ | — | 302 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 58°F | 3.5″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 52°F | 4.2″ | — | 230 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 41°F | 3.3″ | 0.4″ | 194 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 32°F | 2.9″ | 4.0″ | 168 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 24°F | 3.4″ | 13.0″ | 134 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