Hot-summer humid continental
Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Northampton County, Pennsylvania · Population 6k · 509 ft elevation
Living in Nazareth
Nazareth has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (33″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 31 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Nazareth: about 11% 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.
Nazareth at a glance
- Population
- 6k
- Elevation
- 509 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 33″73th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,599 hrs22th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $237k44th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,186/mo50th percentile
- Median household income
- $58k26th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.63%78th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Walkability index
- 16.299th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 48%56th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 66 per 100k20th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 311 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,411 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 21°F | 3.7″ | 9.8″ | 150 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 21°F | 3.0″ | 10.8″ | 162 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 28°F | 3.6″ | 6.3″ | 193 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 39°F | 3.9″ | 0.5″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 49°F | 4.3″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 58°F | 4.8″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 63°F | 5.6″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 61°F | 5.2″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 4.7″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | 0.2″ | 191 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 32°F | 3.4″ | 0.9″ | 168 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 25°F | 4.4″ | 4.6″ | 137 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