Hot-summer humid continental
Catskill, New York
Greene County, New York · Population 3.8k · 56 ft elevation
Living in Catskill
Catskill has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (31″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 5 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Catskill: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,200 ft around town.
Catskill at a glance
- Population
- 3.8k
- Elevation
- 56 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 31″71th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,457 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $229k42th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,072/mo40th percentile
- Median household income
- $74k49th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.05%90th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 77%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.753th percentile
- Average commute
- 24 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%
- Violent crime rate
- 216 per 100k59th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,916 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6821th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,165 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 18°F | 2.7″ | 8.2″ | 128 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 19°F | 2.6″ | 8.5″ | 144 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 28°F | 3.3″ | 4.4″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 38°F | 3.6″ | 0.3″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 49°F | 3.5″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 58°F | 5.0″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 62°F | 3.9″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 61°F | 4.5″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 54°F | 4.3″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 43°F | 4.2″ | — | 172 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 33°F | 3.0″ | 0.5″ | 145 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 25°F | 3.6″ | 9.1″ | 109 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