Warm-summer humid continental
Rouses Point, New York
Clinton County, New York · Population 2.5k · 115 ft elevation
Living in Rouses Point
Rouses Point has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 80°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 9°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it is a snowy place (80″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 38, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Rouses Point at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 115 ft
- Average daily high
- 54°F2th percentile
- Average daily low
- 37°F9th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 80″96th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,415 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3825th percentile
- Median home value
- $184k29th percentile
- Median rent
- $731/mo7th percentile
- Median household income
- $48k12th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.33%94th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 79%7th percentile
- Walkability index
- 5.79th percentile
- Average commute
- 23 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6922th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6564th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 3%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 3%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,181 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 9°F | 2.1″ | 16.9″ | 131 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 11°F | 1.9″ | 18.3″ | 152 hrs |
| Mar | 38°F | 21°F | 2.6″ | 16.2″ | 202 hrs |
| Apr | 53°F | 34°F | 3.2″ | 6.2″ | 208 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 47°F | 3.2″ | 0.1″ | 249 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 57°F | 4.1″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 62°F | 4.1″ | — | 307 hrs |
| Aug | 78°F | 60°F | 3.7″ | — | 284 hrs |
| Sep | 70°F | 52°F | 3.9″ | — | 238 hrs |
| Oct | 57°F | 41°F | 3.9″ | 1.2″ | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 45°F | 30°F | 2.9″ | 5.0″ | 116 hrs |
| Dec | 33°F | 19°F | 2.6″ | 16.0″ | 95 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