Hot-summer humid continental
Kulpmont, Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.7k · 1,119 ft elevation
Living in Kulpmont
Kulpmont has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (34″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Kulpmont: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Kulpmont at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 1,119 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 34″74th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,381 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $77k2th percentile
- Median rent
- $807/mo14th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k17th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.49%73th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.142th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 37 per 100k10th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 559 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7932th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,148 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 19°F | 3.5″ | 9.3″ | 124 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 22°F | 2.5″ | 8.9″ | 138 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 3.7″ | 7.7″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 38°F | 4.3″ | 0.8″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 4.2″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.8″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 61°F | 4.4″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 53°F | 5.2″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 42°F | 4.3″ | 0.4″ | 170 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 33°F | 3.5″ | 1.8″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 25°F | 3.7″ | 4.6″ | 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