Warm-summer humid continental
Lansford, Pennsylvania
Carbon County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.1k · 1,152 ft elevation
Living in Lansford
Lansford has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°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 (17 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 Lansford: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,400 ft around town.
Lansford at a glance
- Population
- 4.1k
- Elevation
- 1,152 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th 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
- $49k0th percentile
- Median rent
- $963/mo30th percentile
- Median household income
- $44k8th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.61%97th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 21.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.939th percentile
- Average commute
- 44 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 603 per 100k92th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 410 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5915th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 15%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,411 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 16°F | 3.8″ | 7.8″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 18°F | 2.9″ | 9.8″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 25°F | 3.9″ | 6.3″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 36°F | 3.9″ | 0.4″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 46°F | 4.3″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 55°F | 5.2″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 60°F | 4.7″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 58°F | 4.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 50°F | 5.6″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 39°F | 4.7″ | — | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 29°F | 3.9″ | 0.3″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 22°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