Hot-summer humid continental
Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
Bergen County, New Jersey · Population 11k · 440 ft elevation
Living in Franklin Lakes
Franklin Lakes has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (84″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 30 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 40, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Franklin Lakes: about 13% 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.
Franklin Lakes at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 440 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 84″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $1.2M98th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,334/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $231k99th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.82%38th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.066th percentile
- Average commute
- 37 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 87%
- Violent crime rate
- 18 per 100k5th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 159 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 13%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 19°F | 3.4″ | 19.6″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 19°F | 2.7″ | 15.6″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 28°F | 3.9″ | 19.4″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 4.2″ | 0.7″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 49°F | 3.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 5.1″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 4.7″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 62°F | 4.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 55°F | 4.0″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 4.4″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 34°F | 3.8″ | 6.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 26°F | 4.0″ | 22.6″ | 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