Warm-summer humid continental
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
Butler County, Pennsylvania · Population 3.4k · 1,299 ft elevation
Living in Slippery Rock
Slippery Rock has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (16 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Slippery Rock at a glance
- Population
- 3.4k
- Elevation
- 1,299 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,252 hrs2th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $230k42th percentile
- Median rent
- $948/mo29th percentile
- Median household income
- $55k23th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.80%84th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.753th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 55 per 100k16th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 708 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7932th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7069th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 525 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 17°F | 3.5″ | 10.1″ | 93 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 18°F | 2.7″ | 7.7″ | 112 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 25°F | 3.4″ | 3.7″ | 155 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 35°F | 3.9″ | 0.3″ | 198 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 4.1″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 54°F | 4.8″ | — | 275 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 58°F | 4.6″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 56°F | 4.0″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 50°F | 4.1″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 39°F | 3.5″ | — | 161 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 31°F | 3.5″ | 0.8″ | 128 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 23°F | 3.2″ | 4.9″ | 71 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