Warm-summer humid continental
West Glens Falls, New York
Warren County, New York · Population 10k · 384 ft elevation
Living in West Glens Falls
West Glens Falls has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and bitterly cold winters (January lows around 7°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it is a snowy place (60″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (53% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (11 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 34 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around West Glens Falls: about 15% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,700 ft around town.
West Glens Falls at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 384 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 33°F3th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 60″92th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,417 hrs10th percentile
- Median AQI
- 349th percentile
- Median home value
- $256k49th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,375/mo61th percentile
- Median household income
- $97k72th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.76%83th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.9%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 8.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 21 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 37%
- Violent crime rate
- 167 per 100k48th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 689 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 6218th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,706 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32°F | 7°F | 3.3″ | 15.8″ | 126 hrs |
| Feb | 34°F | 7°F | 3.0″ | 13.2″ | 141 hrs |
| Mar | 44°F | 18°F | 3.5″ | 14.0″ | 189 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 30°F | 4.0″ | 2.0″ | 212 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 42°F | 3.6″ | 0.1″ | 244 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 52°F | 4.5″ | — | 266 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 57°F | 4.7″ | — | 304 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 55°F | 3.7″ | — | 287 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 47°F | 4.1″ | — | 242 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 35°F | 4.1″ | 0.2″ | 164 hrs |
| Nov | 48°F | 25°F | 3.9″ | 3.1″ | 139 hrs |
| Dec | 37°F | 15°F | 4.2″ | 11.9″ | 104 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