Warm-summer humid continental
Hamburg, New York
Erie County, New York · Population 9.8k · 827 ft elevation
Living in Hamburg
Hamburg has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 53″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (168″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (19 days a year).
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 11 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Hamburg at a glance
- Population
- 9.8k
- Elevation
- 827 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 53″85th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 168″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,236 hrs1th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $238k44th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,019/mo35th percentile
- Median household income
- $109k79th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.86%98th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.387th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Violent crime rate
- 30 per 100k8th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 355 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3938th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 1%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,247 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 18°F | 4.8″ | 50.5″ | 88 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 18°F | 3.9″ | 37.2″ | 104 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 25°F | 3.6″ | 18.6″ | 160 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 36°F | 4.5″ | 8.2″ | 197 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 48°F | 4.1″ | 0.1″ | 253 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 278 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 62°F | 4.4″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 60°F | 4.0″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 54°F | 4.6″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 43°F | 5.4″ | 0.4″ | 151 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 34°F | 4.8″ | 14.0″ | 114 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 25°F | 4.5″ | 38.6″ | 71 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