Hot-summer humid continental
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania
Blair County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.6k · 951 ft elevation
Living in Hollidaysburg
Hollidaysburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (38″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Hollidaysburg: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.
Hollidaysburg at a glance
- Population
- 5.6k
- Elevation
- 951 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 38″78th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,328 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $191k31th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,082/mo41th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k33th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.31%66th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 109 per 100k34th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 562 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,575 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 21°F | 2.9″ | 10.6″ | 110 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 23°F | 2.4″ | 10.6″ | 128 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 29°F | 3.4″ | 6.6″ | 167 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 39°F | 3.4″ | 0.5″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 3.9″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 59°F | 3.8″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 63°F | 3.7″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 61°F | 3.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 4.4″ | — | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 43°F | 3.5″ | 0.5″ | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 34°F | 3.2″ | 1.7″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 26°F | 3.3″ | 7.5″ | 97 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