Warm-summer humid continental
Gloversville, New York
Fulton County, New York · Population 15k · 840 ft elevation
Living in Gloversville
Gloversville has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (156″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 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 Gloversville: about 22% 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.
Gloversville at a glance
- Population
- 15k
- Elevation
- 840 ft
- Average daily high
- 53°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 156″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,271 hrs2th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $96k4th percentile
- Median rent
- $905/mo25th percentile
- Median household income
- $49k14th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.95%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.142th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 12%3th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 276 per 100k68th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,280 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4911th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 22%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,739 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 9°F | 3.9″ | 32.1″ | 114 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 10°F | 3.5″ | 28.0″ | 127 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 18°F | 3.7″ | 24.6″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 50°F | 31°F | 4.3″ | 16.0″ | 202 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 44°F | 4.5″ | 0.2″ | 234 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 54°F | 4.9″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 58°F | 4.8″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Aug | 75°F | 56°F | 4.1″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 48°F | 4.3″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 38°F | 4.9″ | 4.5″ | 152 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 27°F | 3.6″ | 20.8″ | 126 hrs |
| Dec | 32°F | 18°F | 4.1″ | 29.4″ | 87 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