Warm-summer humid continental
South Glens Falls, New York
Saratoga County, New York · Population 3.7k · 341 ft elevation
Living in South Glens Falls
South Glens Falls has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 10°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 38″ a year, and it is a snowy place (60″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (14 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around South Glens Falls: about 12% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
South Glens Falls at a glance
- Population
- 3.7k
- Elevation
- 341 ft
- Average daily high
- 57°F7th percentile
- Average daily low
- 35°F5th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 38″32th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 60″92th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,417 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $190k31th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,100/mo42th percentile
- Median household income
- $58k27th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.63%78th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 90%43th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.346th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 54 per 100k16th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,210 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7326th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,739 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 30°F | 10°F | 2.6″ | 15.8″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 33°F | 11°F | 1.9″ | 13.2″ | 141 hrs |
| Mar | 42°F | 21°F | 2.8″ | 14.0″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 33°F | 3.1″ | 2.0″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 44°F | 3.4″ | 0.1″ | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 53°F | 3.7″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 58°F | 4.3″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 56°F | 3.5″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 47°F | 3.3″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 37°F | 3.7″ | 0.2″ | 164 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 28°F | 3.0″ | 3.1″ | 139 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 18°F | 3.0″ | 11.9″ | 104 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