Warm-summer humid continental
Ridgway, Pennsylvania
Elk County, Pennsylvania · Population 4k · 1,440 ft elevation
Living in Ridgway
Ridgway has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (53″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (11 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Ridgway: about 45% 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.
Ridgway at a glance
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 1,440 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 36°F7th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 53″90th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,243 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $87k3th percentile
- Median rent
- $676/mo3th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.65%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.562th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 65%
- Violent crime rate
- 77 per 100k24th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,152 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 459th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 49%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 45%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 787 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 16°F | 3.4″ | 15.3″ | 101 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 16°F | 2.7″ | 12.5″ | 117 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 23°F | 3.4″ | 7.5″ | 162 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 33°F | 3.9″ | 1.5″ | 198 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 43°F | 4.3″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 52°F | 4.6″ | — | 267 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 55°F | 3.9″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 49°F | 4.0″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 38°F | 3.8″ | 0.4″ | 161 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 29°F | 3.5″ | 3.2″ | 130 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 22°F | 3.5″ | 12.3″ | 80 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