Hot-summer humid continental
Walton Park, New York
Orange County, New York · Population 3.6k · 860 ft elevation
Living in Walton Park
Walton Park has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (36″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (23 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 Walton Park: about 17% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Walton Park at a glance
- Population
- 3.6k
- Elevation
- 860 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 36″76th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 273th percentile
- Median home value
- $411k73th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,451/mo95th percentile
- Median household income
- $153k93th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.44%95th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 6.113th percentile
- Average commute
- 44 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 70%85th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 70%
- Violent crime rate
- 137 per 100k41th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,273 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9151th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 28%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,214 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 17°F | 2.6″ | 11.1″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 18°F | 2.1″ | 7.1″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 25°F | 3.0″ | 9.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 37°F | 4.0″ | 0.4″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 57°F | 4.6″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 62°F | 4.2″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 60°F | 4.5″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 53°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 62°F | 42°F | 4.5″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 32°F | 3.2″ | 0.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 38°F | 24°F | 3.5″ | 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