Warm-summer humid continental
Solvay, New York
Onondaga County, New York · Population 6.6k · 509 ft elevation
Living in Solvay
Solvay has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 40″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (128″ 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.
Solvay at a glance
- Population
- 6.6k
- Elevation
- 509 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 40″38th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 128″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,321 hrs4th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $141k16th percentile
- Median rent
- $875/mo21th percentile
- Median household income
- $59k29th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.08%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.293th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 279 per 100k68th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,028 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 6968th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 2%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 5%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,312 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31°F | 16°F | 2.6″ | 34.0″ | 85 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 17°F | 2.5″ | 30.3″ | 100 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 25°F | 3.0″ | 19.8″ | 168 hrs |
| Apr | 56°F | 36°F | 3.5″ | 3.0″ | 207 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 47°F | 3.4″ | 0.1″ | 268 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 56°F | 3.6″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 62°F | 3.9″ | — | 321 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 60°F | 3.7″ | — | 297 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 52°F | 3.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 60°F | 42°F | 3.9″ | 0.2″ | 158 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 32°F | 3.2″ | 9.8″ | 116 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 23°F | 3.3″ | 30.6″ | 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