Hot-summer humid continental
Palmerton, Pennsylvania
Carbon County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.6k · 413 ft elevation
Living in Palmerton
Palmerton has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets light snow (27″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% 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 Palmerton: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Palmerton at a glance
- Population
- 5.6k
- Elevation
- 413 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 27″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,383 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $162k22th percentile
- Median rent
- $913/mo25th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k46th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.73%82th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 30 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 514 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5915th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,509 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 19°F | 3.8″ | 7.8″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 21°F | 2.9″ | 9.8″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 3.9″ | 6.3″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 38°F | 3.9″ | 0.4″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 4.3″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 57°F | 5.2″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 63°F | 4.7″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 60°F | 4.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 53°F | 5.6″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 41°F | 4.7″ | — | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 32°F | 3.9″ | 0.3″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 25°F | 4.4″ | 2.7″ | 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