Hot-summer humid continental

Throop, Pennsylvania

Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.1k · 843 ft elevation

Living in Throop

Throop has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 39″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (45″ a season).

Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (18 days a year).

Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Throop: about 12% 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.

Throop at a glance

Population
4.1k
Elevation
843 ft
Average daily high
61°F24th percentile
Average daily low
42°F30th percentile
Annual precipitation
39″35th percentile
Annual snowfall
45″85th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,384 hrs8th percentile
Median AQI
3930th percentile
Median home value
$166k24th percentile
Median rent
$1,041/mo37th percentile
Median household income
$51k17th percentile
Property tax rate
1.03%53th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
3.1%
Sales tax (state + local)
6.3%
Unemployment rate
3.1%
Homes with broadband
86%24th percentile
Walkability index
7.329th percentile
Average commute
16 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
42%42th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
57%
Violent crime rate
121 per 100k37th percentile
Property crime rate
242 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9048th percentile
Outdoor access
8282th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
9%
Public land within 30 miles
12%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,181 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Throop, Pennsylvania
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan36°F21°F2.6″11.7″126 hrs
Feb39°F22°F2.1″10.9″140 hrs
Mar48°F29°F2.8″10.1″179 hrs
Apr61°F40°F3.3″0.8″206 hrs
May73°F50°F3.3″—241 hrs
Jun80°F58°F3.8″—269 hrs
Jul85°F63°F3.6″—304 hrs
Aug83°F61°F3.9″—274 hrs
Sep75°F54°F4.2″—228 hrs
Oct63°F44°F3.7″0.7″170 hrs
Nov52°F35°F2.9″3.2″143 hrs
Dec41°F27°F2.8″7.7″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