Hot-summer humid continental
St. Clair, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.8k · 745 ft elevation
Living in St. Clair
St. Clair has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°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 (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 40 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 43, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around St. Clair: 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.
St. Clair at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 745 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 54″87th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,545 hrs18th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4356th percentile
- Median home value
- $65k1th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,012/mo35th percentile
- Median household income
- $61k31th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.00%89th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 79%7th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 15%5th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 197 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 230 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,247 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 21°F | 3.9″ | 12.3″ | 139 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 21°F | 3.0″ | 12.7″ | 154 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 4.2″ | 9.2″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 40°F | 4.4″ | 2.1″ | 219 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 50°F | 4.7″ | — | 249 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 59°F | 5.1″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 64°F | 5.2″ | — | 318 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 62°F | 4.7″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 55°F | 5.2″ | — | 233 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 45°F | 4.8″ | 0.5″ | 186 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 34°F | 4.1″ | 2.2″ | 162 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 4.3″ | 9.0″ | 125 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