Hot-summer humid continental
Port Jervis, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 8.7k · 440 ft elevation
Living in Port Jervis
Port Jervis has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (43″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 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 Port Jervis: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
Port Jervis at a glance
- Population
- 8.7k
- Elevation
- 440 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 43″83th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $221k40th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,247/mo54th percentile
- Median household income
- $51k16th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.23%93th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 82%12th percentile
- Walkability index
- 9.764th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 293 per 100k71th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,349 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 17%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 17°F | 3.1″ | 11.2″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 18°F | 2.6″ | 10.6″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 25°F | 3.7″ | 9.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 35°F | 3.8″ | 0.9″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 46°F | 3.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 56°F | 4.7″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 61°F | 4.7″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 59°F | 4.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 52°F | 4.5″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 40°F | 4.7″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 3.3″ | 1.5″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 23°F | 3.9″ | 8.8″ | 127 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