Hot-summer humid continental
Hamburg, New Jersey
Sussex County, New Jersey · Population 3.3k · 466 ft elevation
Living in Hamburg
Hamburg has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 41″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 28 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 Hamburg: 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.
Hamburg at a glance
- Population
- 3.3k
- Elevation
- 466 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 41″40th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $258k49th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,714/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $91k66th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.14%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.854th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 25%16th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 178 per 100k51th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 385 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 18°F | 2.6″ | 11.6″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 20°F | 2.2″ | 9.9″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 27°F | 3.2″ | 6.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 37°F | 3.4″ | 1.2″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 3.7″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 56°F | 3.7″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 61°F | 4.1″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 60°F | 3.9″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 51°F | 3.8″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 40°F | 4.2″ | 0.3″ | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 31°F | 3.0″ | 1.4″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 24°F | 3.1″ | 8.0″ | 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