Warm-summer humid continental
Watertown, New York
Jefferson County, New York · Population 25k · 479 ft elevation
Living in Watertown
Watertown has a warm-summer humid continental climate: pleasantly warm summers (July highs around 80°F) and cold winters (January lows around 11°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 44″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (116″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (52% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (17 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Watertown at a glance
- Population
- 25k
- Elevation
- 479 ft
- Average daily high
- 56°F5th percentile
- Average daily low
- 38°F12th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 44″52th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 116″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,389 hrs8th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $150k19th percentile
- Median rent
- $933/mo27th percentile
- Median household income
- $50k15th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.79%84th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 85%20th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.550th percentile
- Average commute
- 16 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 32%26th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 652 per 100k93th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 4,069 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6419th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7877th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 5%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 8%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,476 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29°F | 11°F | 3.6″ | 34.0″ | 113 hrs |
| Feb | 31°F | 12°F | 2.9″ | 29.6″ | 132 hrs |
| Mar | 40°F | 22°F | 2.8″ | 13.6″ | 194 hrs |
| Apr | 54°F | 35°F | 3.5″ | 2.7″ | 207 hrs |
| May | 67°F | 47°F | 3.6″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 75°F | 57°F | 3.7″ | — | 276 hrs |
| Jul | 80°F | 62°F | 3.5″ | — | 314 hrs |
| Aug | 79°F | 61°F | 3.8″ | — | 289 hrs |
| Sep | 72°F | 52°F | 3.9″ | — | 241 hrs |
| Oct | 59°F | 41°F | 5.0″ | 0.5″ | 157 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 31°F | 4.2″ | 9.1″ | 122 hrs |
| Dec | 35°F | 20°F | 3.9″ | 26.9″ | 85 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