Warm-summer humid continental
Tupper Lake, New York
Franklin County, New York · Population 3.1k · 1,594 ft elevation
Living in Tupper Lake
Tupper Lake has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 78°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 4°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (105″ a season).
Skies are gray (49% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (6 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 31 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Tupper Lake is an outdoor hub: about 45% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,400 ft around town.
Tupper Lake at a glance
- Population
- 3.1k
- Elevation
- 1,594 ft
- Average daily high
- 53°F1th percentile
- Average daily low
- 31°F1th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 105″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,234 hrs0th percentile
- Median AQI
- 317th percentile
- Median home value
- $106k7th percentile
- Median rent
- $633/mo2th percentile
- Median household income
- $55k22th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.69%97th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.5%
- Homes with broadband
- 81%10th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.329th percentile
- Average commute
- 14 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 35%
- Violent crime rate
- 273 per 100k68th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 2,188 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 4911th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9291th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 31%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 45%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,444 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26°F | 4°F | 3.3″ | 23.9″ | 105 hrs |
| Feb | 29°F | 5°F | 2.6″ | 23.4″ | 124 hrs |
| Mar | 37°F | 14°F | 3.1″ | 19.6″ | 177 hrs |
| Apr | 51°F | 29°F | 3.8″ | 4.6″ | 196 hrs |
| May | 65°F | 41°F | 3.8″ | 0.2″ | 238 hrs |
| Jun | 73°F | 50°F | 4.5″ | — | 256 hrs |
| Jul | 78°F | 55°F | 4.3″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Aug | 76°F | 53°F | 4.2″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Sep | 69°F | 45°F | 3.9″ | — | 232 hrs |
| Oct | 55°F | 36°F | 4.4″ | 0.8″ | 149 hrs |
| Nov | 42°F | 25°F | 3.7″ | 8.6″ | 113 hrs |
| Dec | 31°F | 14°F | 3.5″ | 23.8″ | 77 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