Warm-summer humid continental
Salamanca, New York
Cattaraugus County, New York · Population 5.9k · 1,368 ft elevation
Living in Salamanca
Salamanca has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 13°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it is a snowy place (96″ a season).
Skies are gray (48% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (6 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Salamanca: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 900 ft around town.
Salamanca at a glance
- Population
- 5.9k
- Elevation
- 1,368 ft
- Average daily high
- 58°F10th percentile
- Average daily low
- 34°F4th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 96″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,233 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $78k2th percentile
- Median rent
- $702/mo5th percentile
- Median household income
- $40k5th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.04%90th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 83%14th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.532th percentile
- Average commute
- 17 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 17%7th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%
- Violent crime rate
- 333 per 100k75th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 788 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8235th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 29%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 919 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33°F | 13°F | 3.5″ | 22.8″ | 89 hrs |
| Feb | 35°F | 12°F | 2.6″ | 15.7″ | 104 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 20°F | 3.1″ | 17.9″ | 160 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 31°F | 3.8″ | 3.8″ | 197 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 42°F | 3.8″ | — | 253 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 50°F | 4.9″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 54°F | 4.9″ | — | 303 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 53°F | 4.3″ | — | 283 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 46°F | 4.3″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 35°F | 4.4″ | 0.3″ | 152 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 28°F | 3.6″ | 11.4″ | 115 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 19°F | 3.8″ | 23.8″ | 72 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