Hot-summer humid continental
Sunbury, Pennsylvania
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania · Population 9.6k · 453 ft elevation
Living in Sunbury
Sunbury has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets light snow (29″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Sunbury: about 16% 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.
Sunbury at a glance
- Population
- 9.6k
- Elevation
- 453 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 29″69th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,381 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $98k5th percentile
- Median rent
- $731/mo7th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k13th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.46%72th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.167th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 105 per 100k32th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 273 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7932th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,214 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 19°F | 3.0″ | 7.6″ | 124 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 21°F | 2.3″ | 8.6″ | 138 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 28°F | 3.3″ | 5.2″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 38°F | 3.7″ | 0.6″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 57°F | 4.4″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 61°F | 4.3″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 60°F | 3.9″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 52°F | 4.5″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 41°F | 3.9″ | 0.2″ | 170 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 3.2″ | 1.5″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 25°F | 3.3″ | 4.9″ | 105 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