Hot-summer humid continental
Spring Valley, New York
Rockland County, New York · Population 33k · 456 ft elevation
Living in Spring Valley
Spring Valley has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (85″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 37 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 37, with about 7 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Spring Valley: about 14% 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.
Spring Valley at a glance
- Population
- 33k
- Elevation
- 456 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 85″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,645 hrs30th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $352k66th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,673/mo75th percentile
- Median household income
- $56k24th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.33%94th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 84%16th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.871th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 14%5th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 31%
- Violent crime rate
- 340 per 100k75th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,222 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 19°F | 3.4″ | 19.6″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 19°F | 2.7″ | 15.7″ | 167 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 3.9″ | 19.8″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 4.2″ | 0.5″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 49°F | 3.6″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 5.1″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 4.7″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 4.6″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 55°F | 4.0″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 4.4″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 34°F | 3.8″ | 6.5″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 26°F | 4.0″ | 22.9″ | 142 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