Warm-summer humid continental
Sierra View, Pennsylvania
Monroe County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.8k · 1,191 ft elevation
Living in Sierra View
Sierra View has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (42″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 27 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Sierra View: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.
Sierra View at a glance
- Population
- 5.8k
- Elevation
- 1,191 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 42″82th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,383 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $239k45th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,728/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $85k61th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.60%77th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.42th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 28%22th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 63%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,575 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 18°F | 3.0″ | 11.3″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 19°F | 2.5″ | 10.3″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 26°F | 3.8″ | 9.5″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 37°F | 4.2″ | 0.9″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 47°F | 4.1″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 56°F | 4.7″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 61°F | 4.7″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 59°F | 4.6″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 52°F | 5.6″ | — | 228 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 41°F | 5.2″ | 0.1″ | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 32°F | 4.1″ | 1.5″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 24°F | 3.8″ | 8.0″ | 106 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