Warm-summer humid continental
Kane, Pennsylvania
McKean County, Pennsylvania · Population 3.6k · 2,034 ft elevation
Living in Kane
Kane has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it is a snowy place (93″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Kane is an outdoor hub: about 46% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 800 ft around town.
Kane at a glance
- Population
- 3.6k
- Elevation
- 2,034 ft
- Average daily high
- 55°F3th percentile
- Average daily low
- 32°F2th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 93″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,244 hrs2th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $66k1th percentile
- Median rent
- $772/mo10th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.21%93th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.329th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 289 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5413th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9089th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 56%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 46%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 787 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 12°F | 3.8″ | 25.4″ | 101 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 12°F | 2.8″ | 20.4″ | 117 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 19°F | 3.6″ | 13.4″ | 162 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 29°F | 4.2″ | 2.9″ | 199 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 39°F | 4.5″ | 0.1″ | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 49°F | 4.7″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 78°F | 52°F | 4.6″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 51°F | 4.4″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 44°F | 3.9″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 35°F | 4.0″ | 0.8″ | 161 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 27°F | 3.8″ | 8.2″ | 129 hrs |
| Dec | 34°F | 19°F | 4.0″ | 21.7″ | 80 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