Hot-summer humid continental
Greenwood Lake, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 3k · 636 ft elevation
Living in Greenwood Lake
Greenwood Lake 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 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (93″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 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 Greenwood Lake: about 17% 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.
Greenwood Lake at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 636 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 93″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $310k59th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,584/mo71th percentile
- Median household income
- $80k56th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.26%93th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.562th percentile
- Average commute
- 37 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 70%85th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 70%
- Violent crime rate
- 202 per 100k56th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 168 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 40%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,181 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 19°F | 3.4″ | 20.9″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 19°F | 2.7″ | 16.5″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 3.9″ | 21.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 58°F | 38°F | 4.2″ | 1.1″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 48°F | 3.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 57°F | 5.1″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 63°F | 4.7″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 4.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 55°F | 4.0″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 4.4″ | 0.1″ | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 33°F | 3.8″ | 8.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 26°F | 4.0″ | 24.1″ | 127 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