Hot-summer humid continental
Guilford, Pennsylvania
Franklin County, Pennsylvania · Population 3.7k · 778 ft elevation
Living in Guilford
Guilford has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (31″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 26 muggy 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 Guilford: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Guilford at a glance
- Population
- 3.7k
- Elevation
- 778 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 31″71th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,461 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $271k52th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,135/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $121k85th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.33%67th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 33%30th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7628th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 19%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,247 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 22°F | 3.2″ | 10.0″ | 129 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 24°F | 2.6″ | 8.0″ | 147 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 31°F | 3.6″ | 6.0″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 41°F | 4.0″ | 0.3″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 51°F | 4.1″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 3.8″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 63°F | 3.8″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 55°F | 4.1″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 44°F | 3.5″ | — | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 34°F | 3.1″ | 1.0″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 27°F | 3.5″ | 5.5″ | 115 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