Warm-summer humid continental
Pine Ridge, Pennsylvania
Pike County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.8k · 1,289 ft elevation
Living in Pine Ridge
Pine Ridge has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 54″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (42″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (17 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Pine Ridge: about 17% 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.
Pine Ridge at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 1,289 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 54″87th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 42″82th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $159k21th percentile
- Median household income
- $64k36th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.94%88th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 11.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.42th percentile
- Average commute
- 65 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6620th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 31%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 17°F | 3.8″ | 11.3″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 18°F | 3.1″ | 10.3″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 25°F | 4.0″ | 9.5″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 35°F | 4.3″ | 0.9″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 4.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 53°F | 5.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 58°F | 4.7″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 57°F | 4.8″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 50°F | 5.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 38°F | 5.2″ | 0.1″ | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 29°F | 3.9″ | 1.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 22°F | 4.4″ | 8.0″ | 127 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