Hot-summer humid continental
Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 10k · 269 ft elevation
Living in Lake Hiawatha
Lake Hiawatha has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it is a snowy place (83″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 32 muggy 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 Lake Hiawatha: about 14% 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.
Lake Hiawatha at a glance
- Population
- 10k
- Elevation
- 269 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 83″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $403k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,426/mo64th percentile
- Median household income
- $102k75th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.85%86th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.789th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 80%92th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8382th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,083 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 21°F | 3.7″ | 19.7″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 22°F | 2.8″ | 14.7″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 29°F | 4.2″ | 18.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 39°F | 3.6″ | 0.3″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 49°F | 4.0″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 59°F | 4.9″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 4.7″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 62°F | 3.7″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 54°F | 4.7″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 4.5″ | — | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 33°F | 4.1″ | 8.1″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 26°F | 4.4″ | 22.2″ | 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