Hot-summer humid continental
Mechanicstown, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 7.5k · 554 ft elevation
Living in Mechanicstown
Mechanicstown has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (44″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 26 muggy 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 Mechanicstown: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Mechanicstown at a glance
- Population
- 7.5k
- Elevation
- 554 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 44″84th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $294k57th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,498/mo68th percentile
- Median household income
- $90k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.98%89th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 12.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 78%5th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.771th percentile
- Average commute
- 38 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 28%22th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 298 per 100k71th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 862 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,247 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 18°F | 2.6″ | 11.3″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 19°F | 2.1″ | 11.2″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 26°F | 3.0″ | 10.7″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 38°F | 4.0″ | 0.7″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 49°F | 3.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 4.6″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 63°F | 4.2″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 61°F | 4.5″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 54°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 43°F | 4.5″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 33°F | 3.2″ | 1.1″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 25°F | 3.5″ | 9.2″ | 126 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