Hot-summer humid continental
Shenandoah, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.3k · 1,299 ft elevation
Living in Shenandoah
Shenandoah 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 54″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (48″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 27 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Shenandoah: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Shenandoah at a glance
- Population
- 4.3k
- Elevation
- 1,299 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 54″87th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,381 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $44k0th percentile
- Median rent
- $742/mo8th percentile
- Median household income
- $41k5th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.81%85th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 11.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.955th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 8%1th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 288 per 100k70th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,562 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,181 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 19°F | 3.9″ | 12.3″ | 124 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 19°F | 3.0″ | 12.7″ | 138 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 26°F | 4.2″ | 9.2″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 4.4″ | 2.1″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 48°F | 4.7″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 57°F | 5.1″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 62°F | 5.2″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 60°F | 4.7″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 53°F | 5.2″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 43°F | 4.8″ | 0.5″ | 170 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 32°F | 4.1″ | 2.2″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 24°F | 4.3″ | 9.0″ | 105 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