Warm-summer humid continental
Geistown, Pennsylvania
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.5k · 1,896 ft elevation
Living in Geistown
Geistown has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it is a snowy place (74″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Geistown: about 10% 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.
Geistown at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 1,896 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 74″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,328 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $149k19th percentile
- Median rent
- $816/mo15th percentile
- Median household income
- $68k41th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.25%63th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.871th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Violent crime rate
- 263 per 100k66th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 351 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7628th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 21°F | 2.5″ | 23.6″ | 111 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 23°F | 2.5″ | 17.5″ | 128 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 29°F | 3.1″ | 9.6″ | 167 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 40°F | 3.5″ | 2.6″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 50°F | 4.1″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 59°F | 4.4″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 63°F | 4.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 61°F | 4.0″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 54°F | 4.0″ | — | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 44°F | 3.1″ | 1.2″ | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 34°F | 3.1″ | 4.8″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 26°F | 2.7″ | 14.8″ | 97 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