Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 15 h 18 min5:30 am – 8:48 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 4 min7:33 am – 4:37 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 79°F, lows 56°FColdest month January: highs 30°F, lows 14°F39 in of rain a year, on about 88 dayswettest month June53 in of snow a year, on about 42 days2 days above 90°F, 156 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Mecklenburg 4sw station, 9 mi away; snow from Corning
Nearby landmarksSalt Pointcape · 2.5 miScout Pointcape · 1.6 miHector Fallswaterfall · 3.2 miWatkins Glen State Park Gorge Trailpark · 4.6 miGlenora Fallswaterfall · 4.2 miFINGER LAKES NORTH THtrailhead · 4.2 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsWatkins Glen State Parkstate park · 4.2 miFinger Lakes National Forestnational forest · 6.1 mi · 16,389 acresSugar Hill State Foreststate conservation land · 4.2 mi · 9,239 acresVillage of Watkins Glen Landpark · 4.4 miTown Of Hector Landpark · 4.6 mi · 92 acresMarina Parkstate recreation area · 6.2 miSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes1 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.2 on 3 Feb 200125 mi away, near Bath, New YorkMost recent: magnitude 3.2 on 3 Feb 200125 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowSchuyler County, NY, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsDrought Relatively ModerateIce storm Relatively LowSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality93% of days had good air in 2025331 of 355 days measured24 moderate daysMedian index 35, worst day 74main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Tompkins County, NY, 23 mi away
Drinking waterReading WD #1 & #3 Consolidated Samplingserves 68 people from surface water purchasedNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system serving the town
Elevation1,163 ft354 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalSchuyler Hospital6.3 miPost officeReading Center Post Officeunder a mileTown hallReading Town Hallunder a milePoliceWatkins Glen Police Department4.3 miFire stationWatkins Glen Fire Department4.3 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportElmira Corning Regional Airport ELM19 miMajor airportFrederick Douglass Greater Rochester International Airport ROC61 miInterstateI-8618 miUS highwayUS 1521 miAmtrakNew York State Fair, NY NYF57 miCoachCorningAdirondack Trailways21 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 14876 ZIP area.
