Hot-summer humid continental
Luzerne, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.7k · 623 ft elevation
Living in Luzerne
Luzerne has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 39″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (20 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Luzerne: about 18% 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.
Luzerne at a glance
- Population
- 2.7k
- Elevation
- 623 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 39″35th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 45″85th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,384 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $114k9th percentile
- Median rent
- $758/mo9th percentile
- Median household income
- $39k4th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.53%74th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.939th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 53%
- Violent crime rate
- 145 per 100k43th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 904 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 18%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,378 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 21°F | 2.6″ | 11.7″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 23°F | 2.1″ | 10.9″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 30°F | 2.8″ | 10.1″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 40°F | 3.3″ | 0.8″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 51°F | 3.3″ | — | 241 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 59°F | 3.8″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 64°F | 3.6″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 62°F | 3.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 55°F | 4.2″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 44°F | 3.7″ | 0.7″ | 170 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 35°F | 2.9″ | 3.2″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 27°F | 2.8″ | 7.7″ | 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