Warm-summer humid continental
Fort Edward, New York
Washington County, New York · Population 3.2k · 138 ft elevation
Living in Fort Edward
Fort Edward has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it is a snowy place (64″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (17 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Fort Edward: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
Fort Edward at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 138 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 64″93th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,417 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $128k13th percentile
- Median rent
- $951/mo29th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k33th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.98%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%89th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5714th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,739 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 10°F | 2.6″ | 16.5″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 11°F | 1.9″ | 15.7″ | 141 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 22°F | 2.8″ | 11.4″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 33°F | 3.1″ | 1.8″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 45°F | 3.4″ | — | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 54°F | 3.7″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 58°F | 4.3″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 57°F | 3.5″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 48°F | 3.3″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 37°F | 3.7″ | 0.1″ | 164 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 28°F | 3.0″ | 2.9″ | 139 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 19°F | 3.0″ | 15.1″ | 104 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