Hot-summer humid continental
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 18k · 1,178 ft elevation
Living in Johnstown
Johnstown has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it is a snowy place (65″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 27 muggy 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 Johnstown: about 9% 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.
Johnstown at a glance
- Population
- 18k
- Elevation
- 1,178 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 65″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,328 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $42k0th percentile
- Median rent
- $616/mo1th percentile
- Median household income
- $35k2th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.81%98th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.871th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 8%1th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 589 per 100k91th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,072 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7628th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 14%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,476 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 23°F | 2.5″ | 17.9″ | 110 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 25°F | 2.5″ | 19.9″ | 128 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 32°F | 3.1″ | 8.2″ | 167 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 42°F | 3.5″ | 1.5″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 53°F | 4.1″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 61°F | 4.4″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 65°F | 4.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 64°F | 4.0″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 56°F | 4.0″ | — | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 46°F | 3.1″ | 0.2″ | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 37°F | 3.1″ | 3.8″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 28°F | 2.7″ | 13.1″ | 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