Hot-summer humid continental
Hamburg, Pennsylvania
Berks County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.4k · 404 ft elevation
Living in Hamburg
Hamburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets light snow (21″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 30 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Hamburg: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
Hamburg at a glance
- Population
- 4.4k
- Elevation
- 404 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 21″59th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,545 hrs18th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $183k28th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,126/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k26th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.90%87th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.461th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 152 per 100k44th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 802 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,312 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 20°F | 3.5″ | 5.1″ | 140 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 22°F | 2.7″ | 7.1″ | 154 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 30°F | 3.7″ | 4.6″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 40°F | 3.7″ | 0.3″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 50°F | 4.1″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 60°F | 5.0″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 5.2″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 62°F | 4.9″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 55°F | 5.1″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 4.5″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 33°F | 3.3″ | 0.5″ | 163 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 26°F | 3.9″ | 3.7″ | 126 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