Warm-summer humid continental
Hoosick Falls, New York
Rensselaer County, New York · Population 3.2k · 456 ft elevation
Living in Hoosick Falls
Hoosick Falls has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it is a snowy place (75″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 2 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Hoosick Falls: about 16% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,200 ft around town.
Hoosick Falls at a glance
- Population
- 3.2k
- Elevation
- 456 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 75″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,416 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $156k20th percentile
- Median rent
- $844/mo18th percentile
- Median household income
- $53k20th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.43%95th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 79%7th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.431th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8235th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 16%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,231 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 11°F | 2.7″ | 18.5″ | 127 hrs |
| Feb | 36°F | 12°F | 2.4″ | 16.4″ | 141 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 21°F | 3.2″ | 14.0″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 33°F | 3.4″ | 4.1″ | 211 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 44°F | 3.6″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 53°F | 4.5″ | — | 265 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 58°F | 4.6″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 56°F | 4.2″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 48°F | 3.9″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 38°F | 3.9″ | 0.7″ | 164 hrs |
| Nov | 49°F | 28°F | 3.3″ | 4.1″ | 139 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 19°F | 3.7″ | 17.4″ | 104 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