Warm-summer humid continental
Tyrone, Pennsylvania
Blair County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.4k · 902 ft elevation
Living in Tyrone
Tyrone has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 42″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (50″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Tyrone: about 17% 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.
Tyrone at a glance
- Population
- 5.4k
- Elevation
- 902 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 42″44th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 50″88th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,329 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $122k12th percentile
- Median rent
- $788/mo12th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k23th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.96%49th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.158th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 152 per 100k44th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 948 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 27%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,411 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 18°F | 3.0″ | 13.1″ | 110 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 19°F | 2.5″ | 12.7″ | 128 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 26°F | 3.6″ | 9.1″ | 167 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 37°F | 3.7″ | 2.0″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 3.8″ | 0.1″ | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 60°F | 3.9″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 58°F | 3.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 51°F | 4.1″ | — | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 41°F | 3.5″ | 0.8″ | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 32°F | 3.2″ | 2.6″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 24°F | 3.1″ | 9.6″ | 97 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