Hot-summer humid continental
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.8k · 663 ft elevation
Living in Shippensburg
Shippensburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 88°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (34″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 35 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Shippensburg: about 14% 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.
Shippensburg at a glance
- Population
- 5.8k
- Elevation
- 663 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 34″74th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,461 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3513th percentile
- Median home value
- $163k23th percentile
- Median rent
- $898/mo24th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k19th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.43%70th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.268th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 35 per 100k10th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 669 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8641th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 21%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,214 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 22°F | 3.2″ | 9.8″ | 129 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 24°F | 2.7″ | 10.3″ | 147 hrs |
| Mar | 52°F | 31°F | 3.7″ | 6.7″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 64°F | 41°F | 3.6″ | 0.4″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 51°F | 4.0″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 60°F | 4.0″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 88°F | 64°F | 4.0″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 62°F | 3.3″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 55°F | 4.3″ | — | 229 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 44°F | 3.3″ | 0.2″ | 182 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 34°F | 3.0″ | 0.8″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 27°F | 3.4″ | 5.4″ | 115 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