Warm-summer humid continental
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
Carbon County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.5k · 840 ft elevation
Living in Jim Thorpe
Jim Thorpe has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets light snow (27″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (20 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Jim Thorpe: about 15% 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.
Jim Thorpe at a glance
- Population
- 4.5k
- Elevation
- 840 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 27″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,383 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $177k27th percentile
- Median rent
- $831/mo17th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k45th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.56%75th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.532th percentile
- Average commute
- 32 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 110 per 100k34th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 703 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5915th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 20%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,509 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 17°F | 3.8″ | 7.8″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 19°F | 2.9″ | 9.8″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 26°F | 3.9″ | 6.3″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 37°F | 3.9″ | 0.4″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 47°F | 4.3″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 56°F | 5.2″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 61°F | 4.7″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 59°F | 4.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 51°F | 5.6″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 40°F | 4.7″ | — | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 30°F | 3.9″ | 0.3″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 23°F | 4.4″ | 2.7″ | 106 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