Hot-summer humid continental
Tamaqua, Pennsylvania
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania · Population 6.9k · 1,050 ft elevation
Living in Tamaqua
Tamaqua has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°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 (53% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 29 muggy 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 Tamaqua: about 12% 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.
Tamaqua at a glance
- Population
- 6.9k
- Elevation
- 1,050 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 54″87th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,383 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $79k2th percentile
- Median rent
- $935/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $45k9th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.09%91th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 144 per 100k43th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 532 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,378 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 20°F | 3.9″ | 12.3″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 20°F | 3.0″ | 12.7″ | 140 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 27°F | 4.2″ | 9.2″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 39°F | 4.4″ | 2.1″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 49°F | 4.7″ | — | 240 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 58°F | 5.1″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 63°F | 5.2″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 61°F | 4.7″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 54°F | 5.2″ | — | 227 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 44°F | 4.8″ | 0.5″ | 171 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 33°F | 4.1″ | 2.2″ | 143 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 25°F | 4.3″ | 9.0″ | 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