Warm-summer humid continental
Palmyra, New York
Wayne County, New York · Population 3.3k · 495 ft elevation
Living in Palmyra
Palmyra has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 79°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (105″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (15 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 33 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Palmyra at a glance
- Population
- 3.3k
- Elevation
- 495 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 105″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,332 hrs6th percentile
- Median AQI
- 338th percentile
- Median home value
- $125k13th percentile
- Median rent
- $936/mo28th percentile
- Median household income
- $67k39th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.44%100th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 86%24th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.228th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 62 per 100k19th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,631 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5614th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 3938th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 2%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 951 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 16°F | 3.0″ | 34.8″ | 90 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 17°F | 2.5″ | 21.5″ | 106 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 24°F | 2.7″ | 13.6″ | 177 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 34°F | 3.2″ | 2.1″ | 206 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 44°F | 3.4″ | 0.1″ | 265 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 54°F | 3.5″ | — | 286 hrs |
| Jul | 79°F | 59°F | 3.6″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 58°F | 3.8″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 51°F | 3.4″ | — | 243 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 41°F | 4.3″ | 0.1″ | 159 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 31°F | 3.4″ | 7.3″ | 119 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 23°F | 3.2″ | 25.4″ | 76 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