Hot-summer humid continental
Walden, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 6.9k · 374 ft elevation
Living in Walden
Walden has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 16°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (44″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 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 Walden: about 14% 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.
Walden at a glance
- Population
- 6.9k
- Elevation
- 374 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 44″84th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $328k62th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,448/mo65th percentile
- Median household income
- $90k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.01%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.380th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%66th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 260 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,378 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 16°F | 3.0″ | 11.3″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 17°F | 2.7″ | 11.2″ | 156 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 26°F | 3.5″ | 10.7″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 37°F | 3.7″ | 0.7″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 3.8″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 57°F | 4.4″ | — | 274 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 61°F | 4.0″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 59°F | 4.5″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 51°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 40°F | 4.7″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 31°F | 3.2″ | 1.1″ | 158 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 23°F | 3.6″ | 9.2″ | 126 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