Hot-summer humid continental
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Mifflin County, Pennsylvania · Population 8.5k · 509 ft elevation
Living in Lewistown
Lewistown has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it gets light snow (26″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 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 Lewistown: about 21% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
Lewistown at a glance
- Population
- 8.5k
- Elevation
- 509 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 26″65th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,463 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $99k5th percentile
- Median rent
- $765/mo10th percentile
- Median household income
- $40k5th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.81%85th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.173th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 24%15th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 108 per 100k33th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,233 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6922th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 17%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 21%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,345 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 21°F | 2.9″ | 9.1″ | 128 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 22°F | 2.3″ | 6.9″ | 146 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 29°F | 3.6″ | 4.3″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 39°F | 3.5″ | 0.2″ | 213 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 49°F | 4.2″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 58°F | 4.0″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 62°F | 3.6″ | — | 308 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 61°F | 3.6″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 54°F | 4.4″ | — | 229 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 42°F | 3.8″ | 0.1″ | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 33°F | 3.1″ | 0.9″ | 157 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 26°F | 3.3″ | 4.7″ | 115 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