Hot-summer humid continental
Hackettstown, New Jersey
Warren County, New Jersey · Population 10k · 568 ft elevation
Living in Hackettstown
Hackettstown 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 49″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ 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 37, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Hackettstown: about 15% 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.
Hackettstown at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 568 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3721th percentile
- Median home value
- $337k63th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,419/mo64th percentile
- Median household income
- $91k67th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.73%98th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.072th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Violent crime rate
- 39 per 100k11th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 423 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 8134th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8584th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 17%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 15%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 19°F | 3.3″ | 7.4″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 20°F | 2.8″ | 10.3″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 28°F | 4.1″ | 5.8″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 38°F | 3.8″ | 0.7″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 62°F | 5.1″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 60°F | 4.8″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 52°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 4.6″ | 0.3″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 32°F | 3.4″ | 0.3″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 25°F | 4.2″ | 4.8″ | 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