Warm-summer humid continental
Gouverneur, New York
St. Lawrence County, New York · Population 3.6k · 453 ft elevation
Living in Gouverneur
Gouverneur has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 5°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is a snowy place (92″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (12 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Gouverneur at a glance
- Population
- 3.6k
- Elevation
- 453 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 92″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,390 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $108k7th percentile
- Median rent
- $842/mo18th percentile
- Median household income
- $35k2th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.10%91th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 11.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.68th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%
- Violent crime rate
- 559 per 100k90th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,778 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7978th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 9%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,214 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 5°F | 2.8″ | 23.7″ | 113 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 6°F | 2.1″ | 23.0″ | 132 hrs |
| Mar | 38°F | 17°F | 2.3″ | 15.1″ | 194 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 31°F | 3.1″ | 4.2″ | 207 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 42°F | 3.3″ | 0.1″ | 259 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 52°F | 3.9″ | — | 277 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 57°F | 3.8″ | — | 315 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 55°F | 3.4″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 71°F | 46°F | 3.8″ | — | 241 hrs |
| Oct | 58°F | 36°F | 4.7″ | 0.8″ | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 27°F | 3.6″ | 7.2″ | 122 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 15°F | 3.0″ | 18.3″ | 85 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