Warm-summer humid continental
Kingston, New York
Ulster County, New York · Population 24k · 207 ft elevation
Living in Kingston
Kingston has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (59″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (11 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Kingston: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.
Kingston at a glance
- Population
- 24k
- Elevation
- 207 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 59″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,457 hrs12th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $278k53th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,323/mo58th percentile
- Median household income
- $65k38th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.11%91th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.651th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 34%31th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 38%
- Violent crime rate
- 414 per 100k82th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,676 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 4%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,395 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 12°F | 4.0″ | 14.6″ | 129 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 12°F | 3.1″ | 14.6″ | 144 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 20°F | 4.1″ | 12.4″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 31°F | 3.9″ | 1.8″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 43°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 52°F | 4.1″ | — | 268 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 55°F | 4.9″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 47°F | 4.3″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 35°F | 5.3″ | 0.1″ | 172 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 26°F | 3.6″ | 2.8″ | 145 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 18°F | 4.8″ | 12.9″ | 110 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