Hot-summer humid continental
Wind Gap, Pennsylvania
Northampton County, Pennsylvania · Population 3.2k · 751 ft elevation
Living in Wind Gap
Wind Gap has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°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 (42″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Wind Gap: about 15% 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.
Wind Gap at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 751 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 54″87th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 42″82th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $202k34th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,205/mo51th percentile
- Median household income
- $75k50th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.78%84th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 3.1%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.091th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9048th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,509 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 18°F | 3.8″ | 11.3″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 20°F | 3.1″ | 10.3″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 27°F | 4.0″ | 9.5″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 36°F | 4.3″ | 0.9″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 4.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 55°F | 5.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 4.7″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 58°F | 4.8″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 51°F | 5.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 40°F | 5.2″ | 0.1″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 3.9″ | 1.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 24°F | 4.4″ | 8.0″ | 127 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