Warm-summer humid continental
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Jefferson County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.7k · 1,240 ft elevation
Living in Punxsutawney
Punxsutawney has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (35″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (16 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Punxsutawney: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 800 ft around town.
Punxsutawney at a glance
- Population
- 5.7k
- Elevation
- 1,240 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 35″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,242 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $103k6th percentile
- Median rent
- $796/mo13th percentile
- Median household income
- $43k7th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.00%51th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 75%3th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.066th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 198 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 668 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5815th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 820 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 17°F | 3.4″ | 12.4″ | 101 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 18°F | 2.9″ | 5.1″ | 117 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 25°F | 3.5″ | 5.9″ | 162 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 35°F | 4.1″ | 0.3″ | 198 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 45°F | 4.1″ | — | 235 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 54°F | 4.8″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 58°F | 4.7″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 57°F | 3.8″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 50°F | 4.1″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 39°F | 3.3″ | — | 161 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 30°F | 3.6″ | 1.7″ | 130 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 23°F | 3.5″ | 9.1″ | 81 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