Is North Hempstead safe? United States travel risk
Is North Hempstead safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
North Hempstead scores 40/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
North Hempstead scores 40/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to North Hempstead: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (63/100) and security (35/100).
A score of 40 is higher than the scores of 52% of the 241 countries we cover.
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Territorial & Position Context
Positioned at 40.7912° N, 73.6688° W in New York. The settlement is located 354.5 km SW from Washington.
New York
40.7912° N, 73.6688° W
Lowland
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236,600
Critical Services & Regional Transit
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Climate by Month
Hottest: July (29 °C avg high); Wettest: December (106 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 3° | 5° | 10° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 29° | 28° | 24° | 19° | 11° | 6° |
| Low °C | -4° | -4° | 0° | 6° | 11° | 17° | 21° | 20° | 17° | 11° | 4° | -1° |
| Rain mm | 88 | 74 | 94 | 101 | 98 | 96 | 87 | 104 | 86 | 82 | 97 | 106 |
Normals: New York (24.1 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of North Hempstead happened in September (2 of 5 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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