Hot-summer humid continental
Orange Lake, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 9.6k · 499 ft elevation
Living in Orange Lake
Orange Lake has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (44″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 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 Orange Lake: about 13% 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.
Orange Lake at a glance
- Population
- 9.6k
- Elevation
- 499 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 44″84th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $331k63th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,924/mo85th percentile
- Median household income
- $94k69th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.77%83th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 838 per 100k96th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,545 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 10%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,214 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 15°F | 3.0″ | 11.3″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 17°F | 2.7″ | 11.2″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 25°F | 3.5″ | 10.7″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 36°F | 3.7″ | 0.7″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 3.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 56°F | 4.4″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 61°F | 4.0″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 4.5″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 51°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 39°F | 4.7″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 30°F | 3.2″ | 1.1″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 22°F | 3.6″ | 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