Warm-summer humid continental
West Hazleton, Pennsylvania
Luzerne County, Pennsylvania · Population 5.2k · 1,699 ft elevation
Living in West Hazleton
West Hazleton has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 54″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (48″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around West Hazleton: about 15% 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.
West Hazleton at a glance
- Population
- 5.2k
- Elevation
- 1,699 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 54″87th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 48″87th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,381 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $109k7th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,097/mo42th percentile
- Median household income
- $47k11th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.32%66th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.078th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 18%10th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 114 per 100k35th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 743 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9254th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,312 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 18°F | 3.9″ | 12.3″ | 124 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 18°F | 3.0″ | 12.7″ | 138 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 25°F | 4.2″ | 9.2″ | 179 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 37°F | 4.4″ | 2.1″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 47°F | 4.7″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 56°F | 5.1″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 61°F | 5.2″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 58°F | 4.7″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 52°F | 5.2″ | — | 224 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 41°F | 4.8″ | 0.5″ | 169 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 31°F | 4.1″ | 2.2″ | 141 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 23°F | 4.3″ | 9.0″ | 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