Warm-summer humid continental
Highland Lakes, New Jersey
Sussex County, New Jersey · Population 3.9k · 1,234 ft elevation
Living in Highland Lakes
Highland Lakes has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 81°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 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 Highland Lakes: about 19% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,200 ft around town.
Highland Lakes at a glance
- Population
- 3.9k
- Elevation
- 1,234 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,535 hrs16th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $291k56th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,862/mo83th percentile
- Median household income
- $130k88th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.38%95th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 91%49th percentile
- Walkability index
- 4.83th percentile
- Average commute
- 44 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%60th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 9 per 100k3th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 143 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 25%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 19%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,181 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 17°F | 4.1″ | 9.6″ | 146 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 18°F | 3.1″ | 7.7″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 45°F | 26°F | 4.5″ | 5.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 57°F | 36°F | 4.2″ | 1.4″ | 216 hrs |
| May | 68°F | 46°F | 4.0″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 76°F | 55°F | 4.8″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 81°F | 60°F | 4.6″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 58°F | 4.3″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 51°F | 4.9″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 40°F | 5.0″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 3.8″ | 0.2″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 24°F | 4.8″ | 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