Hot-summer humid continental
Highspire, Pennsylvania
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.7k · 325 ft elevation
Living in Highspire
Highspire has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 34 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Highspire at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 325 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 45°F47th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,544 hrs18th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $114k9th percentile
- Median rent
- $993/mo33th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.22%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.199th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 220 per 100k59th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 512 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6363th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 755 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 23°F | 3.0″ | 9.1″ | 140 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 25°F | 2.6″ | 9.4″ | 155 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 32°F | 3.7″ | 5.6″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 43°F | 3.5″ | 0.4″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 53°F | 3.8″ | — | 248 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 63°F | 4.0″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Jul | 87°F | 68°F | 4.7″ | — | 317 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 66°F | 3.8″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 58°F | 4.8″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 46°F | 3.8″ | 0.2″ | 187 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 36°F | 3.0″ | 0.8″ | 163 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 28°F | 3.4″ | 4.4″ | 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