Hot-summer humid continental

Woodbury, New York

Orange County, New York · Population 11k · 531 ft elevation

Living in Woodbury

Woodbury has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).

Precipitation is very wet at about 51″ 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 Woodbury: 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.

Woodbury at a glance

Population
11k
Elevation
531 ft
Average daily high
61°F24th percentile
Average daily low
43°F36th percentile
Annual precipitation
51″78th percentile
Annual snowfall
36″76th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,535 hrs16th percentile
Median AQI
273th percentile
Median home value
$418k74th percentile
Median rent
$1,976/mo86th percentile
Median household income
$142k91th percentile
Property tax rate
2.39%95th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
10.9%
Sales tax (state + local)
8.5%
Unemployment rate
8.9%
Homes with broadband
96%82th percentile
Walkability index
8.955th percentile
Average commute
46 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
62%73th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
43%
Violent crime rate
61 per 100k18th percentile
Property crime rate
4,200 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9151th percentile
Outdoor access
8685th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
33%
Public land within 30 miles
14%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,083 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Woodbury, New York
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan35°F20°F3.8″11.1″146 hrs
Feb38°F22°F3.0″7.1″157 hrs
Mar47°F29°F4.0″9.6″196 hrs
Apr60°F40°F4.0″0.4″216 hrs
May71°F50°F3.8″—246 hrs
Jun79°F59°F4.6″—273 hrs
Jul85°F65°F4.6″—313 hrs
Aug83°F63°F5.0″—281 hrs
Sep75°F56°F4.6″—239 hrs
Oct63°F45°F5.3″—183 hrs
Nov51°F35°F4.2″0.5″158 hrs
Dec40°F26°F4.6″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