Hot-summer humid continental
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · Population 5k · 899 ft elevation
Living in Vandergrift
Vandergrift has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it gets light snow (29″ 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 41 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Vandergrift at a glance
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 899 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 29″69th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,332 hrs6th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $92k4th percentile
- Median rent
- $793/mo12th percentile
- Median household income
- $50k15th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.65%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 11.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.469th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%32th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 139 per 100k41th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 119 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6922th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4343th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 623 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 21°F | 3.5″ | 7.1″ | 99 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 22°F | 2.8″ | 8.2″ | 117 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 29°F | 3.5″ | 5.5″ | 162 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 39°F | 3.7″ | 0.3″ | 205 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 4.2″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.9″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 62°F | 4.8″ | — | 301 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 60°F | 4.2″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 4.0″ | — | 237 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 43°F | 3.3″ | — | 175 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 34°F | 3.5″ | 1.8″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 26°F | 3.4″ | 5.7″ | 88 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