Hot-summer humid continental
Highland Heights, Kentucky
Campbell County, Kentucky · Population 6.5k · 853 ft elevation
Living in Highland Heights
Highland Heights has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it gets light snow (23″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 40 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Highland Heights at a glance
- Population
- 6.5k
- Elevation
- 853 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 23″62th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,622 hrs27th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $149k18th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,101/mo42th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k19th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.15%59th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.5%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.286th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 48 per 100k14th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 612 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5815th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 1717th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 0%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 427 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 22°F | 2.9″ | 7.7″ | 125 hrs |
| Feb | 44°F | 25°F | 2.8″ | 6.7″ | 137 hrs |
| Mar | 53°F | 32°F | 3.9″ | 3.4″ | 183 hrs |
| Apr | 65°F | 41°F | 4.4″ | 0.4″ | 231 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 52°F | 4.7″ | — | 265 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 60°F | 4.6″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 4.4″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 63°F | 3.4″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 55°F | 3.1″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 43°F | 3.0″ | 0.2″ | 208 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 33°F | 2.9″ | 0.8″ | 167 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 27°F | 3.3″ | 4.1″ | 118 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