Hot-summer humid continental
Jessup, Pennsylvania
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.5k · 971 ft elevation
Living in Jessup
Jessup has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 39″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (17 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Jessup: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Jessup at a glance
- Population
- 4.5k
- Elevation
- 971 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 39″35th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,384 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $170k25th percentile
- Median rent
- $902/mo24th percentile
- Median household income
- $61k32th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.30%65th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 77%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.651th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 200 per 100k56th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 555 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 9%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,181 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 20°F | 2.6″ | 11.7″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 22°F | 2.1″ | 10.9″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 29°F | 2.8″ | 10.1″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 39°F | 3.3″ | 0.8″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 3.3″ | — | 241 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 58°F | 3.8″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 63°F | 3.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 61°F | 3.9″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 54°F | 4.2″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 43°F | 3.7″ | 0.7″ | 170 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 34°F | 2.9″ | 3.2″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 2.8″ | 7.7″ | 105 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