Hot-summer humid continental
Valley Cottage, New York
Rockland County, New York · Population 8.8k · 200 ft elevation
Living in Valley Cottage
Valley Cottage has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (33″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 40 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 Valley Cottage: about 12% 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.
Valley Cottage at a glance
- Population
- 8.8k
- Elevation
- 200 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 51″78th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 33″73th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,645 hrs30th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $502k82th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,000/mo87th percentile
- Median household income
- $134k89th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.99%89th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.651th percentile
- Average commute
- 32 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,083 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 23°F | 3.9″ | 9.4″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 43°F | 25°F | 3.3″ | 10.9″ | 167 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 31°F | 4.4″ | 5.8″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 40°F | 4.3″ | 0.7″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 50°F | 4.3″ | — | 252 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 59°F | 4.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 64°F | 4.5″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 63°F | 4.4″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 45°F | 4.4″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 36°F | 3.9″ | 0.3″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 29°F | 4.7″ | 5.6″ | 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