Hot-summer humid continental
Franklin, New Jersey
Sussex County, New Jersey · Population 4.9k · 610 ft elevation
Living in Franklin
Franklin has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 26 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Franklin: about 20% 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 at a glance
- Population
- 4.9k
- Elevation
- 610 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $253k48th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,340/mo59th percentile
- Median household income
- $90k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.98%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.346th percentile
- Average commute
- 35 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 372 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 17%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,148 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 35°F | 17°F | 2.6″ | 9.6″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 19°F | 2.2″ | 7.7″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 27°F | 3.2″ | 5.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 36°F | 3.4″ | 1.4″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 3.7″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 55°F | 3.7″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 60°F | 4.1″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 59°F | 3.9″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 50°F | 3.8″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 40°F | 4.2″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 30°F | 3.0″ | 0.2″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 40°F | 23°F | 3.1″ | 3.9″ | 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