Hot-summer humid continental
Beacon, New York
Dutchess County, New York · Population 15k · 144 ft elevation
Living in Beacon
Beacon has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (36″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 31 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Beacon: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Beacon at a glance
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 144 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 36″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,646 hrs32th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $422k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,675/mo75th percentile
- Median household income
- $93k69th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.57%76th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.360th percentile
- Average commute
- 41 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 90 per 100k28th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 540 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 951 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 21°F | 3.8″ | 11.1″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 23°F | 3.0″ | 7.1″ | 166 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 30°F | 4.0″ | 9.6″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 41°F | 4.0″ | 0.4″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 51°F | 3.8″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 60°F | 4.6″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 66°F | 4.6″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 65°F | 5.0″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 57°F | 4.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 46°F | 5.3″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 36°F | 4.2″ | 0.5″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 28°F | 4.6″ | 7.0″ | 142 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