Hot-summer humid continental
Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 3k · 636 ft elevation
Living in Orwigsburg
Orwigsburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets light snow (21″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Orwigsburg: about 10% 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.
Orwigsburg at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 636 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 21″59th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,545 hrs18th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $194k32th percentile
- Median rent
- $730/mo7th percentile
- Median household income
- $80k56th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.46%72th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 199 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 265 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,280 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 19°F | 3.5″ | 5.1″ | 140 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 21°F | 2.7″ | 7.1″ | 154 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 29°F | 3.7″ | 4.6″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 39°F | 3.7″ | 0.3″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 4.1″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 59°F | 5.0″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 5.2″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 4.9″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 54°F | 5.1″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 4.5″ | — | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 32°F | 3.3″ | 0.5″ | 163 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 25°F | 3.9″ | 3.7″ | 126 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