Warm-summer humid continental
Oswego, New York
Oswego County, New York · Population 17k · 312 ft elevation
Living in Oswego
Oswego has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 43″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (140″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (21 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Oswego at a glance
- Population
- 17k
- Elevation
- 312 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 43″49th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 140″100th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,323 hrs5th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $115k9th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,031/mo36th percentile
- Median household income
- $53k20th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.96%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.494th percentile
- Average commute
- 18 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 304 per 100k72th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,096 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6821th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 2121th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 361 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 19°F | 3.8″ | 44.7″ | 85 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 20°F | 2.9″ | 35.3″ | 100 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 27°F | 3.0″ | 17.1″ | 168 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 37°F | 3.5″ | 2.8″ | 207 hrs |
| May | 66°F | 48°F | 3.3″ | — | 269 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 57°F | 3.4″ | — | 288 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 63°F | 3.4″ | — | 322 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 62°F | 3.5″ | — | 298 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 55°F | 3.9″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 45°F | 4.6″ | 0.2″ | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 35°F | 4.1″ | 9.4″ | 116 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 26°F | 3.9″ | 30.6″ | 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