Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 3 min5:33 am – 8:36 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 18 min7:22 am – 4:40 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 85°F, lows 64°FColdest month January: highs 37°F, lows 21°F49 in of rain a year, on about 86 dayswettest month July26 in of snow a year, on about 12 days12 days above 90°F, 121 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Hopewell Morgantown station, 9 mi away; rain from Morgantown
Parks and public landsFrench Creek State Parkstate park · 1.3 mi · 7,522 acresUnion Twp. Recreation Arearecreation area · under a mile · 156 acresDaniel Boone Homesteadstate historic site · 2.3 mi · 538 acresLake Drive Park and Recreation Arearecreation area · 1.6 miHopewell Furnace National Historic Sitehistoric site · 3.1 mi · 849 acresSgl 052state recreation area · 9.3 mi · 73 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes12 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19703 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 4.6 on 16 Jan 199415 mi away, near Sinking Spring, PennsylvaniaMost recent: magnitude 3.4 on 27 Dec 200835 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively ModerateBerks County, PA, compared with all US countiesHigher-risk hazardsWinter weather Very HighStrong wind Relatively HighLightning Relatively HighRiver flooding Relatively HighSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality68% of days had good air in 2025249 of 365 days measured113 moderate, 3 unhealthy for sensitive groups daysMedian index 43, worst day 122main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, Berks County monitors, PA
Drinking waterReading Area Water Authorityserves 95,100 people from surface water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Apr 2025: surface water treatment, treatment technique2 monitoring or reporting violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation161 ft49 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalPottstown Hospital8.3 miPost officeDouglassville Post Office2.3 miTown hallUnion Township Municipal Complexunder a milePoliceBirdsboro Police Department2.1 miFire stationMonarch Fire Company Station 6under a mileSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 mi3 schools1 elementary, 1 high, 1 otherElementaryDaniel Boone Area Primary Centerunder a mileHighDaniel Boone Area High School1.5 miSchoolImmaculate Conception Academy1.6 miCollegeMontgomery County Community College - West Campus6.0 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportLancaster Airport LNS30 miMajor airportPhiladelphia International Airport PHL39 miInterstateI-1767.4 miUS highwayUS 4221.2 miAmtrakDowningtown, PA DOW18 miCoachDouglassville, PA (Klein Transportation Customer Parking Lot, off Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Behind Cooper Tire & Brake.)OurBus2.4 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 19542 ZIP area.
