Warm-summer humid continental
Saranac Lake, New York
Franklin County, New York · Population 5.1k · 1,539 ft elevation
Living in Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 77°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 3°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 37″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (104″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 31 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Saranac Lake is an outdoor hub: about 44% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,000 ft around town.
Saranac Lake at a glance
- Population
- 5.1k
- Elevation
- 1,539 ft
- Average daily high
- 52°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 28°F0th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 37″30th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 104″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,234 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 317th percentile
- Median home value
- $189k30th percentile
- Median rent
- $826/mo16th percentile
- Median household income
- $60k31th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.36%95th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Average commute
- 15 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 62 per 100k19th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 228 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4911th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9493th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 65%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 44%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 2,001 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25°F | 3°F | 1.9″ | 21.0″ | 105 hrs |
| Feb | 28°F | 3°F | 1.5″ | 21.0″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 12°F | 2.0″ | 18.9″ | 177 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 26°F | 3.1″ | 7.8″ | 196 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 37°F | 3.7″ | 0.5″ | 238 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 47°F | 4.4″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Jul | 77°F | 51°F | 4.1″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Aug | 75°F | 49°F | 3.6″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 68°F | 41°F | 3.5″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 33°F | 3.9″ | 2.6″ | 149 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 23°F | 2.8″ | 9.6″ | 113 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 12°F | 2.2″ | 22.7″ | 77 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