Hot-summer humid continental
Reading, Ohio
Hamilton County, Ohio · Population 10k · 568 ft elevation
Living in Reading
Reading has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (38″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (58% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 44 muggy days a year.
Air quality is poor: a median AQI of 54, with about 13 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Reading at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 568 ft
- Average daily high
- 65°F45th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 38″78th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,623 hrs27th percentile
- Median AQI
- 5492th percentile
- Median home value
- $184k29th percentile
- Median rent
- $871/mo21th percentile
- Median household income
- $60k30th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.33%67th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 2.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 7.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.965th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%81th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 284 per 100k69th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,120 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2121th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 459 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 23°F | 2.9″ | 9.7″ | 125 hrs |
| Feb | 45°F | 25°F | 2.8″ | 8.8″ | 137 hrs |
| Mar | 54°F | 33°F | 3.9″ | 5.9″ | 183 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 42°F | 4.4″ | 0.6″ | 231 hrs |
| May | 75°F | 52°F | 4.7″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 61°F | 4.6″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 65°F | 4.4″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Aug | 86°F | 63°F | 3.4″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Sep | 79°F | 56°F | 3.1″ | — | 259 hrs |
| Oct | 68°F | 44°F | 3.0″ | 0.2″ | 208 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 34°F | 2.9″ | 3.9″ | 167 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 28°F | 3.3″ | 9.4″ | 117 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