Warm-summer humid continental
South Blooming Grove, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 3.9k · 564 ft elevation
Living in South Blooming Grove
South Blooming Grove has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (36″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (22 days a year).
Air quality is excellent: a median AQI of 27, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around South Blooming Grove: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,100 ft around town.
South Blooming Grove at a glance
- Population
- 3.9k
- Elevation
- 564 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 36″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $464k79th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,922/mo85th percentile
- Median household income
- $69k42th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.16%92th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 12.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.012th percentile
- Average commute
- 43 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 23%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,148 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 17°F | 2.4″ | 11.1″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 18°F | 2.4″ | 7.1″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 26°F | 3.3″ | 9.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 35°F | 3.5″ | 0.4″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 46°F | 3.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 55°F | 4.3″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 3.3″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 59°F | 4.4″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 50°F | 3.9″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 40°F | 3.7″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 30°F | 3.0″ | 0.5″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 23°F | 3.4″ | 7.0″ | 127 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