Hot-summer humid continental
Heritage Hills, New York
Westchester County, New York · Population 4k · 659 ft elevation
Living in Heritage Hills
Heritage Hills has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°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 27 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Heritage Hills at a glance
- Population
- 4k
- Elevation
- 659 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 40″80th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,645 hrs30th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $474k80th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,501/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $97k72th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.76%32th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.346th percentile
- Average commute
- 50 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 41 per 100k12th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 305 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7473th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 951 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 17°F | 3.7″ | 8.8″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 18°F | 3.1″ | 12.6″ | 167 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 25°F | 4.1″ | 8.2″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 36°F | 3.9″ | 1.8″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 3.9″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 55°F | 5.0″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 61°F | 4.3″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 59°F | 4.3″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 52°F | 4.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 41°F | 4.6″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 4.2″ | 0.5″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 23°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