Hot-summer humid continental
Kiryas Joel, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 37k · 689 ft elevation
Living in Kiryas Joel
Kiryas Joel has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (36″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Kiryas Joel: about 15% 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.
Kiryas Joel at a glance
- Population
- 37k
- Elevation
- 689 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 36″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $686k91th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,575/mo71th percentile
- Median household income
- $43k7th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.57%14th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 24%0th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.461th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%73th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 43%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 30%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,148 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 20°F | 3.8″ | 11.1″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 21°F | 3.0″ | 7.1″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 28°F | 4.0″ | 9.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 39°F | 4.0″ | 0.4″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 49°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 59°F | 4.6″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 4.6″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 63°F | 5.0″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 44°F | 5.3″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 34°F | 4.2″ | 0.5″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 4.6″ | 7.0″ | 127 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