Warm-summer humid continental
Monticello, New York
Sullivan County, New York · Population 7.3k · 1,516 ft elevation
Living in Monticello
Monticello has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (58″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (12 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 Monticello: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,000 ft around town.
Monticello at a glance
- Population
- 7.3k
- Elevation
- 1,516 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 58″91th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,536 hrs17th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $153k20th percentile
- Median rent
- $977/mo32th percentile
- Median household income
- $47k12th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.03%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.978th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 22%12th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 277 per 100k68th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 8,664 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7830th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,034 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 13°F | 3.7″ | 16.5″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 11°F | 3.1″ | 10.8″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 43°F | 19°F | 4.1″ | 12.9″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 32°F | 4.0″ | 2.0″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 43°F | 4.2″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jun | 74°F | 52°F | 5.0″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 57°F | 4.8″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 77°F | 56°F | 4.7″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 47°F | 4.8″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 37°F | 5.1″ | 0.7″ | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 27°F | 3.8″ | 2.0″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 19°F | 4.6″ | 13.0″ | 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