Warm-summer humid continental
Johnstown, New York
Fulton County, New York · Population 8.2k · 682 ft elevation
Living in Johnstown
Johnstown has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (151″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (18 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Johnstown: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
Johnstown at a glance
- Population
- 8.2k
- Elevation
- 682 ft
- Average daily high
- 53°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 151″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,271 hrs2th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $147k18th percentile
- Median rent
- $861/mo20th percentile
- Median household income
- $62k33th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.47%96th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.562th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%34th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 200 per 100k56th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,452 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4911th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,706 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27°F | 10°F | 3.9″ | 31.7″ | 114 hrs |
| Feb | 30°F | 10°F | 3.5″ | 27.6″ | 127 hrs |
| Mar | 38°F | 19°F | 3.7″ | 24.5″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 32°F | 4.3″ | 14.8″ | 202 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 45°F | 4.5″ | 0.1″ | 234 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 55°F | 4.9″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 58°F | 4.8″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Aug | 76°F | 57°F | 4.1″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 49°F | 4.3″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 56°F | 38°F | 4.9″ | 3.7″ | 152 hrs |
| Nov | 43°F | 28°F | 3.6″ | 20.1″ | 126 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 18°F | 4.1″ | 28.9″ | 87 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