Warm-summer humid continental
Summit Hill, Pennsylvania
Carbon County, Pennsylvania · Population 3.1k · 1,522 ft elevation
Living in Summit Hill
Summit Hill has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets light snow (27″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (14 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Summit Hill: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,400 ft around town.
Summit Hill at a glance
- Population
- 3.1k
- Elevation
- 1,522 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 27″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,383 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $99k5th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,172/mo48th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k39th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.90%87th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 37 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 96 per 100k30th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 32 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5915th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 17%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 15°F | 3.8″ | 7.8″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 17°F | 2.9″ | 9.8″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 24°F | 3.9″ | 6.3″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 35°F | 3.9″ | 0.4″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 45°F | 4.3″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 54°F | 5.2″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 78°F | 59°F | 4.7″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 76°F | 57°F | 4.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 49°F | 5.6″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 38°F | 4.7″ | — | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 28°F | 3.9″ | 0.3″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 21°F | 4.4″ | 2.7″ | 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