Warm-summer humid continental
Lake Delta, New York
Oneida County, New York · Population 3k · 463 ft elevation
Living in Lake Delta
Lake Delta has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it is a snowy place (99″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (18 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lake Delta: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,400 ft around town.
Lake Delta at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 463 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 99″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,287 hrs3th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $224k40th percentile
- Median rent
- $825/mo16th percentile
- Median household income
- $98k72th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.21%93th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.73th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8641th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,411 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 13°F | 2.5″ | 18.6″ | 100 hrs |
| Feb | 32°F | 13°F | 2.4″ | 17.3″ | 121 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 23°F | 3.4″ | 21.5″ | 182 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 34°F | 3.7″ | 7.6″ | 200 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 45°F | 4.5″ | 0.1″ | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 55°F | 4.2″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 4.3″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 58°F | 3.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 51°F | 4.0″ | — | 236 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 41°F | 4.7″ | 1.3″ | 151 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 31°F | 3.7″ | 14.0″ | 117 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 21°F | 3.0″ | 18.8″ | 74 hrs |
Near Lake Delta
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology