Hot-summer humid continental
Tuxedo, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 3.1k · 548 ft elevation
Living in Tuxedo
Tuxedo has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (36″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 29 muggy 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 Tuxedo: 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.
Tuxedo at a glance
- Population
- 3.1k
- Elevation
- 548 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 36″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $575k86th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,688/mo75th percentile
- Median household income
- $118k84th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.74%82th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.416th percentile
- Average commute
- 42 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 30%24th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 43%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 20°F | 3.8″ | 11.1″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 22°F | 3.0″ | 7.1″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 29°F | 4.0″ | 9.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 40°F | 4.0″ | 0.4″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 50°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 59°F | 4.6″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 65°F | 4.6″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 63°F | 5.0″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 45°F | 5.3″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 35°F | 4.2″ | 0.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 26°F | 4.6″ | 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