Warm-summer humid continental
Lakewood, New York
Chautauqua County, New York · Population 3k · 1,342 ft elevation
Living in Lakewood
Lakewood has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 46″ a year, and it is a snowy place (98″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (13 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Lakewood: about 15% 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.
Lakewood at a glance
- Population
- 3k
- Elevation
- 1,342 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 46″60th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 98″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,328 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $146k18th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,132/mo45th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k45th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.39%95th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.057th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 68 per 100k21th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,127 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8539th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,411 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 16°F | 3.8″ | 29.8″ | 94 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 16°F | 2.7″ | 19.3″ | 111 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 23°F | 3.2″ | 15.3″ | 159 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 34°F | 3.9″ | 2.7″ | 201 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 44°F | 3.9″ | — | 261 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 53°F | 4.4″ | — | 294 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 56°F | 3.6″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 49°F | 4.2″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 39°F | 4.1″ | 0.4″ | 161 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 30°F | 3.7″ | 9.3″ | 117 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 23°F | 3.9″ | 21.6″ | 68 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