Warm-summer humid continental
Towanda, Pennsylvania
Bradford County, Pennsylvania · Population 2.8k · 732 ft elevation
Living in Towanda
Towanda has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 39″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (38″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (16 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Towanda: about 13% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,300 ft around town.
Towanda at a glance
- Population
- 2.8k
- Elevation
- 732 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 39″35th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 38″78th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,270 hrs2th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $166k24th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,008/mo35th percentile
- Median household income
- $57k26th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.56%75th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.072th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 181 per 100k51th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 795 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7326th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,345 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 17°F | 2.4″ | 11.0″ | 95 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 18°F | 1.9″ | 7.1″ | 116 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 25°F | 3.1″ | 8.8″ | 165 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 35°F | 3.5″ | 1.5″ | 199 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 46°F | 3.4″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 55°F | 3.7″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 59°F | 4.0″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 58°F | 3.9″ | — | 279 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 51°F | 3.8″ | — | 231 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 40°F | 3.7″ | 0.2″ | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 2.6″ | 1.8″ | 123 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 24°F | 2.7″ | 7.4″ | 79 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