Hot-summer humid continental
Minersville, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.4k · 758 ft elevation
Living in Minersville
Minersville has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (34″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 33 muggy 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 Minersville: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Minersville at a glance
- Population
- 4.4k
- Elevation
- 758 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 34″74th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,545 hrs18th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $80k2th percentile
- Median rent
- $736/mo7th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k24th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.05%90th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.965th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 98 per 100k30th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 344 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,247 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 20°F | 3.5″ | 9.3″ | 140 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 23°F | 2.5″ | 8.9″ | 154 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 29°F | 3.7″ | 7.7″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 40°F | 4.3″ | 0.8″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 4.2″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 58°F | 4.8″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 62°F | 4.4″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 61°F | 4.1″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 54°F | 5.2″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 43°F | 4.3″ | 0.4″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 34°F | 3.5″ | 1.8″ | 163 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 26°F | 3.7″ | 4.6″ | 125 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