Hot-summer humid continental
Peekskill, New York
Westchester County, New York · Population 25k · 161 ft elevation
Living in Peekskill
Peekskill has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (36″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 32 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 6 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Peekskill: about 11% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Peekskill at a glance
- Population
- 25k
- Elevation
- 161 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 36″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,645 hrs30th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $377k69th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,895/mo84th percentile
- Median household income
- $91k67th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.09%91th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.192th percentile
- Average commute
- 40 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%
- Violent crime rate
- 228 per 100k61th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 572 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 21%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 984 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 18°F | 3.6″ | 11.1″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 21°F | 3.0″ | 7.1″ | 167 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 27°F | 4.4″ | 9.6″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 37°F | 3.9″ | 0.4″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 48°F | 4.3″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 282 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 62°F | 4.7″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 61°F | 4.3″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 4.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 42°F | 4.6″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 33°F | 3.7″ | 0.5″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 25°F | 4.8″ | 7.0″ | 142 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