Hot-summer humid continental
Dover, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 18k · 594 ft elevation
Living in Dover
Dover has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it is a snowy place (97″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Dover: about 17% 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.
Dover at a glance
- Population
- 18k
- Elevation
- 594 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 97″98th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $347k65th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,743/mo78th percentile
- Median household income
- $71k44th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.00%89th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.582th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 84 per 100k26th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 568 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8685th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 20°F | 3.7″ | 21.7″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 21°F | 2.8″ | 16.2″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 4.2″ | 21.5″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 38°F | 3.6″ | 0.8″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 48°F | 4.0″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 58°F | 4.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 63°F | 4.7″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 61°F | 3.7″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 53°F | 4.7″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 41°F | 4.5″ | 0.1″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 32°F | 4.1″ | 11.8″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 25°F | 4.4″ | 24.8″ | 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