Warm-summer humid continental
Hopatcong, New Jersey
Sussex County, New Jersey · Population 14k · 1,135 ft elevation
Living in Hopatcong
Hopatcong has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (112″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Muggy weather is occasional (24 days a year).
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 3 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Hopatcong: about 17% 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.
Hopatcong at a glance
- Population
- 14k
- Elevation
- 1,135 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 112″99th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $319k61th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,563/mo70th percentile
- Median household income
- $114k82th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.35%95th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1%
- Homes with broadband
- 97%89th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.837th percentile
- Average commute
- 36 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%52th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 52%
- Violent crime rate
- 94 per 100k29th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 209 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 20%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,148 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 17°F | 3.3″ | 22.7″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 37°F | 18°F | 2.8″ | 18.7″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 26°F | 4.1″ | 25.2″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 36°F | 3.8″ | 2.6″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 69°F | 46°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 77°F | 55°F | 4.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 60°F | 5.1″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 58°F | 4.8″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 51°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 40°F | 4.6″ | 0.5″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 3.4″ | 14.8″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 23°F | 4.2″ | 27.2″ | 127 hrs |
Near Hopatcong
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology