Hot-summer humid continental

Uniontown, Pennsylvania

Fayette County, Pennsylvania · Population 9.8k · 1,070 ft elevation

Living in Uniontown

Uniontown has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ 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 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Uniontown: about 8% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.

Uniontown at a glance

Population
9.8k
Elevation
1,070 ft
Average daily high
63°F35th percentile
Average daily low
41°F25th percentile
Annual precipitation
44″52th percentile
Annual snowfall
28″67th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,330 hrs5th percentile
Median AQI
4038th percentile
Median home value
$88k3th percentile
Median rent
$757/mo9th percentile
Median household income
$35k2th percentile
Property tax rate
1.62%78th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
3.1%
Sales tax (state + local)
6.3%
Unemployment rate
9.2%
Homes with broadband
76%4th percentile
Walkability index
10.771th percentile
Average commute
29 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
27%19th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
52%
Violent crime rate
910 per 100k97th percentile
Property crime rate
3,004 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
8235th percentile
Outdoor access
8282th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
14%
Public land within 30 miles
8%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,575 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Uniontown, Pennsylvania
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan39°F21°F3.3″10.0″100 hrs
Feb42°F22°F2.8″8.2″117 hrs
Mar51°F28°F3.7″4.9″162 hrs
Apr64°F38°F3.8″0.4″204 hrs
May73°F48°F4.4″—245 hrs
Jun80°F57°F4.8″—274 hrs
Jul84°F62°F4.8″—299 hrs
Aug83°F60°F3.6″—281 hrs
Sep77°F53°F3.5″—237 hrs
Oct65°F41°F3.2″0.1″175 hrs
Nov53°F32°F3.1″0.9″147 hrs
Dec44°F26°F3.3″3.6″89 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