Hot-summer humid continental
Florida, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 2.9k · 456 ft elevation
Living in Florida
Florida has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it is a snowy place (80″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 27 muggy days a year.
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Florida: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Florida at a glance
- Population
- 2.9k
- Elevation
- 456 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 80″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $345k65th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,925/mo85th percentile
- Median household income
- $117k83th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.55%96th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.619th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 55%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 245 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,247 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 19°F | 2.6″ | 17.3″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 19°F | 2.1″ | 13.5″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 26°F | 3.0″ | 18.4″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 38°F | 4.0″ | 0.8″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 49°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 4.6″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 63°F | 4.2″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 61°F | 4.5″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 54°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 34°F | 3.2″ | 7.3″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 25°F | 3.5″ | 22.6″ | 127 hrs |
Near Florida
- Chester, NY · 4.1k
- Goshen, NY · 5.8k
- Warwick, NY · 6.6k
- Walton Park, NY · 3.6k
- Mechanicstown, NY · 7.5k
- Greenwood Lake, NY · 3k
- Middletown, NY · 30k
- Monroe, NY · 9.5k
Largest places in New York
- New York, NY · 8.5M
- Buffalo, NY · 276k
- Rochester, NY · 210k
- Yonkers, NY · 210k
- Syracuse, NY · 146k
- Albany, NY · 100k
- New Rochelle, NY · 82k
- Cheektowaga, NY · 76k
Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology