Warm-summer humid continental
Little Falls, New York
Herkimer County, New York · Population 4.6k · 440 ft elevation
Living in Little Falls
Little Falls has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (129″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (20 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 29 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Little Falls at a glance
- Population
- 4.6k
- Elevation
- 440 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 129″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,271 hrs2th percentile
- Median AQI
- 295th percentile
- Median home value
- $91k4th percentile
- Median rent
- $793/mo12th percentile
- Median household income
- $52k18th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.07%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%
- Violent crime rate
- 199 per 100k55th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 399 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6016th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7978th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 1%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,575 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 12°F | 3.6″ | 27.2″ | 114 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 14°F | 3.4″ | 24.8″ | 127 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 22°F | 3.5″ | 21.9″ | 180 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 35°F | 4.0″ | 6.8″ | 202 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 46°F | 4.6″ | 0.1″ | 234 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 55°F | 4.8″ | — | 257 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 5.0″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 58°F | 4.3″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 51°F | 4.2″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 41°F | 5.3″ | 1.4″ | 152 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 30°F | 4.4″ | 18.5″ | 126 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 20°F | 4.4″ | 28.3″ | 87 hrs |
Near Little Falls
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology