Hot-summer humid continental
Hillcrest, New York
Rockland County, New York · Population 9k · 522 ft elevation
Living in Hillcrest
Hillcrest has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (33″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 36 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 Hillcrest: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Hillcrest at a glance
- Population
- 9k
- Elevation
- 522 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 33″73th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,645 hrs30th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $551k84th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,488/mo95th percentile
- Median household income
- $142k91th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.81%85th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.736th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 69%84th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 340 per 100k75th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,222 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 22°F | 3.9″ | 9.4″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 23°F | 3.3″ | 10.9″ | 167 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 30°F | 4.4″ | 5.8″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 39°F | 4.3″ | 0.7″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 4.3″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 58°F | 4.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 63°F | 4.5″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 62°F | 4.4″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 55°F | 4.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 44°F | 4.4″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 35°F | 3.9″ | 0.3″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 28°F | 4.7″ | 5.6″ | 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