Hot-summer humid continental
Heathcote, New Jersey
Middlesex County, New Jersey · Population 6.7k · 187 ft elevation
Living in Heathcote
Heathcote has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 47″ a year, and it gets light snow (24″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 38 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Heathcote at a glance
- Population
- 6.7k
- Elevation
- 187 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 47″63th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 24″63th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,705 hrs39th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $564k85th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,468/mo66th percentile
- Median household income
- $127k87th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.77%83th 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
- 6.012th percentile
- Average commute
- 34 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 69%84th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 78%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7171th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 7%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 525 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 40°F | 21°F | 3.5″ | 5.8″ | 161 hrs |
| Feb | 43°F | 22°F | 2.6″ | 8.0″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 29°F | 4.3″ | 4.6″ | 204 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 39°F | 3.7″ | 0.6″ | 233 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 48°F | 4.1″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 58°F | 4.6″ | — | 292 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 63°F | 4.8″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Aug | 85°F | 61°F | 4.3″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 54°F | 4.2″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 66°F | 42°F | 4.0″ | — | 198 hrs |
| Nov | 55°F | 33°F | 3.3″ | 0.3″ | 177 hrs |
| Dec | 45°F | 26°F | 4.2″ | 4.4″ | 149 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