Hot-summer humid continental
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania · Population 6.9k · 640 ft elevation
Living in Huntingdon
Huntingdon 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 42″ a year, and it gets light snow (26″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 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 Huntingdon: about 21% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Huntingdon at a glance
- Population
- 6.9k
- Elevation
- 640 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 26″65th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,328 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $189k31th percentile
- Median rent
- $832/mo17th percentile
- Median household income
- $66k39th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.09%56th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 15 per 100k4th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 946 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5011th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 21%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,509 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 22°F | 2.8″ | 7.5″ | 110 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 22°F | 2.3″ | 6.8″ | 128 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 30°F | 3.5″ | 4.8″ | 167 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 41°F | 3.5″ | 0.2″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 52°F | 4.0″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 61°F | 4.0″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 65°F | 4.3″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 64°F | 3.6″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 45°F | 3.4″ | — | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 35°F | 3.0″ | 1.3″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 27°F | 3.1″ | 5.1″ | 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