Warm-summer humid continental

Saugerties, New York

Ulster County, New York · Population 3.9k · 157 ft elevation

Living in Saugerties

Saugerties has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 87°F) and cold winters (January lows around 12°F).

Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (31″ a season).

Skies are partly sunny (54% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (11 days a year).

Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.

There is plenty to explore outdoors around Saugerties: about 14% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 2,400 ft around town.

Saugerties at a glance

Population
3.9k
Elevation
157 ft
Average daily high
63°F35th percentile
Average daily low
34°F4th percentile
Annual precipitation
51″78th percentile
Annual snowfall
31″71th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,457 hrs12th percentile
Median AQI
349th percentile
Median home value
$315k60th percentile
Median rent
$1,131/mo45th percentile
Median household income
$45k9th percentile
Property tax rate
2.16%92th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
10.9%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.5%
Unemployment rate
8.2%
Homes with broadband
82%12th percentile
Walkability index
9.057th percentile
Average commute
22 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
27%19th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
37%
Violent crime rate
46 per 100k13th percentile
Property crime rate
614 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
8844th percentile
Outdoor access
8887th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
10%
Public land within 30 miles
14%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
2,395 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Saugerties, New York
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan38°F12°F4.0″8.2″128 hrs
Feb41°F12°F3.1″8.5″144 hrs
Mar49°F20°F4.1″4.4″189 hrs
Apr62°F31°F3.9″0.3″212 hrs
May73°F43°F3.8″—246 hrs
Jun82°F52°F4.1″—268 hrs
Jul87°F56°F4.6″—312 hrs
Aug85°F56°F4.9″—287 hrs
Sep77°F47°F4.3″—246 hrs
Oct65°F36°F5.3″—172 hrs
Nov53°F27°F3.6″0.5″145 hrs
Dec42°F18°F4.8″9.1″109 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