Hot-summer humid continental
Wesley Hills, New York
Rockland County, New York · Population 6.2k · 554 ft elevation
Living in Wesley Hills
Wesley Hills has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (40″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 29 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 Wesley Hills: about 14% 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.
Wesley Hills at a glance
- Population
- 6.2k
- Elevation
- 554 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 40″80th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $893k96th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,844/mo82th percentile
- Median household income
- $179k96th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.12%58th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 94%69th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.041th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 14%5th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 31%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8844th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 35%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,083 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 19°F | 3.4″ | 8.8″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 19°F | 2.7″ | 12.6″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 3.9″ | 8.2″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 4.2″ | 1.8″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 49°F | 3.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 57°F | 5.1″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 63°F | 4.7″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 4.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 55°F | 4.0″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 4.4″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 34°F | 3.8″ | 0.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 26°F | 4.0″ | 7.6″ | 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