Hot-summer humid continental
Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.8k · 1,352 ft elevation
Living in Harveys Lake
Harveys Lake has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 39″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 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 Harveys Lake: about 15% 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.
Harveys Lake at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 1,352 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 39″35th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,382 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $230k42th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,230/mo53th percentile
- Median household income
- $68k42th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.70%81th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.04th percentile
- Average commute
- 39 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 69 per 100k21th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 486 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 20%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 19°F | 2.6″ | 11.7″ | 123 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 21°F | 2.1″ | 10.9″ | 138 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 28°F | 2.8″ | 10.1″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 38°F | 3.3″ | 0.8″ | 207 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 3.3″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 3.8″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 61°F | 3.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 60°F | 3.9″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 53°F | 4.2″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 42°F | 3.7″ | 0.7″ | 169 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 33°F | 2.9″ | 3.2″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 25°F | 2.8″ | 7.7″ | 104 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