Hot-summer humid continental

Chestnut Ridge, New York

Rockland County, New York · Population 10k · 417 ft elevation

Living in Chestnut Ridge

Chestnut Ridge has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).

Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (33″ a season).

Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 37 muggy days a year.

Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Chestnut Ridge: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.

Chestnut Ridge at a glance

Population
10k
Elevation
417 ft
Average daily high
63°F35th percentile
Average daily low
43°F36th percentile
Annual precipitation
51″78th percentile
Annual snowfall
33″73th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,645 hrs30th percentile
Median AQI
3721th percentile
Median home value
$668k90th percentile
Median household income
$114k82th percentile
Property tax rate
1.50%73th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
10.9%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.5%
Unemployment rate
3.3%
Homes with broadband
89%38th percentile
Walkability index
6.720th percentile
Average commute
29 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
14%5th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
31%
Violent crime rate
340 per 100k75th percentile
Property crime rate
1,222 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
8844th percentile
Outdoor access
8483th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
16%
Public land within 30 miles
14%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,115 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Chestnut Ridge, New York
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan39°F22°F3.9″9.4″159 hrs
Feb42°F24°F3.3″10.9″167 hrs
Mar50°F30°F4.4″5.8″201 hrs
Apr62°F39°F4.3″0.7″224 hrs
May72°F49°F4.3″—252 hrs
Jun80°F58°F4.6″—281 hrs
Jul85°F64°F4.5″—319 hrs
Aug83°F63°F4.4″—291 hrs
Sep76°F55°F4.6″—247 hrs
Oct65°F44°F4.4″—192 hrs
Nov54°F35°F3.9″0.3″170 hrs
Dec44°F28°F4.7″5.6″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