Warm-summer humid continental
Skaneateles, New York
Onondaga County, New York · Population 2.5k · 873 ft elevation
Living in Skaneateles
Skaneateles has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 15°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (109″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (50% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (17 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
Skaneateles at a glance
- Population
- 2.5k
- Elevation
- 873 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 109″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,321 hrs4th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $595k87th percentile
- Median rent
- $907/mo25th percentile
- Median household income
- $114k82th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.68%80th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 20 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 92%99th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 87%
- Violent crime rate
- 119 per 100k36th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,108 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 4948th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 0%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 4%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,214 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 15°F | 2.9″ | 29.1″ | 85 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 16°F | 2.5″ | 25.9″ | 100 hrs |
| Mar | 41°F | 22°F | 3.2″ | 17.2″ | 168 hrs |
| Apr | 55°F | 34°F | 3.7″ | 3.1″ | 207 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 45°F | 3.8″ | 0.2″ | 268 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 55°F | 4.1″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 4.3″ | — | 320 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 58°F | 4.3″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 51°F | 3.9″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 41°F | 4.5″ | 0.4″ | 158 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 31°F | 3.6″ | 8.8″ | 116 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 23°F | 3.6″ | 24.7″ | 68 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