Hot-summer humid continental
Haverstraw, New York
Rockland County, New York · Population 12k · 43 ft elevation
Living in Haverstraw
Haverstraw has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (40″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 41 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Haverstraw: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Haverstraw at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 43 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 40″80th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,645 hrs30th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $362k67th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,741/mo78th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k40th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.70%97th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.481th percentile
- Average commute
- 32 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 50%58th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 88 per 100k27th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 836 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 20%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,017 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 19°F | 3.7″ | 8.8″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 20°F | 3.1″ | 12.6″ | 167 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 28°F | 4.1″ | 8.2″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 38°F | 3.9″ | 1.8″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 3.9″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 57°F | 5.0″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 63°F | 4.3″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 61°F | 4.3″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 54°F | 4.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 43°F | 4.6″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 34°F | 4.2″ | 0.5″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 25°F | 4.4″ | 7.6″ | 142 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