Hot-summer humid continental
Westmont, Pennsylvania
Cambria County, Pennsylvania · Population 4.9k · 1,765 ft elevation
Living in Westmont
Westmont has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it is a snowy place (65″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (51% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Westmont: about 9% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,500 ft around town.
Westmont at a glance
- Population
- 4.9k
- Elevation
- 1,765 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 65″94th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,328 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $175k26th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,029/mo36th percentile
- Median household income
- $99k73th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.22%93th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.244th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 15%5th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 75 per 100k23th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 516 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7628th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 14%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,476 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 21°F | 2.5″ | 17.9″ | 110 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 23°F | 2.5″ | 19.9″ | 128 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 30°F | 3.1″ | 8.2″ | 167 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 40°F | 3.5″ | 1.5″ | 204 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 51°F | 4.1″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 59°F | 4.4″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 63°F | 4.2″ | — | 296 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 62°F | 4.0″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 54°F | 4.0″ | — | 226 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 44°F | 3.1″ | 0.2″ | 174 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 35°F | 3.1″ | 3.8″ | 146 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 2.7″ | 13.1″ | 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