Hot-summer humid continental
Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
Monroe County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.9k · 446 ft elevation
Living in Stroudsburg
Stroudsburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°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 (42″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% 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 Stroudsburg: about 18% 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.
Stroudsburg at a glance
- Population
- 5.9k
- Elevation
- 446 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 54″87th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 42″82th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $213k37th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,523/mo69th percentile
- Median household income
- $61k31th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.13%91th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.999th percentile
- Average commute
- 48 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 141 per 100k42th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,581 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 18%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,575 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 19°F | 3.8″ | 11.3″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 21°F | 3.1″ | 10.3″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 28°F | 4.0″ | 9.5″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 37°F | 4.3″ | 0.9″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 4.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 56°F | 5.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 61°F | 4.7″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 4.8″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 52°F | 5.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 41°F | 5.2″ | 0.1″ | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 3.9″ | 1.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 25°F | 4.4″ | 8.0″ | 127 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