Warm-summer humid continental

Landing, New Jersey

Morris County, New Jersey · Population 4.5k · 938 ft elevation

Living in Landing

Landing has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 18°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it is buried in snow every winter (109″ a season).

Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 26 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 Landing: 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.

Landing at a glance

Population
4.5k
Elevation
938 ft
Average daily high
60°F18th percentile
Average daily low
39°F15th percentile
Annual precipitation
49″71th percentile
Annual snowfall
109″99th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,534 hrs15th percentile
Median AQI
3930th percentile
Median home value
$382k70th percentile
Median rent
$1,706/mo76th percentile
Median household income
$125k87th percentile
Property tax rate
2.22%93th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
10.8%
Sales tax (state + local)
6.6%
Unemployment rate
1.0%
Homes with broadband
94%69th percentile
Walkability index
7.024th percentile
Average commute
41 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
45%49th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
75%
Violent crime rate
9 per 100k3th percentile
Property crime rate
610 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9357th percentile
Outdoor access
8685th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
18%
Public land within 30 miles
17%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,115 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Landing, New Jersey
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan35°F18°F3.3″22.5″147 hrs
Feb38°F18°F2.8″18.6″157 hrs
Mar47°F27°F4.1″24.8″196 hrs
Apr60°F37°F3.8″1.9″215 hrs
May70°F47°F3.8″—246 hrs
Jun78°F56°F4.5″—273 hrs
Jul82°F61°F5.1″—312 hrs
Aug80°F59°F4.8″—281 hrs
Sep73°F51°F4.3″—239 hrs
Oct62°F41°F4.6″0.3″184 hrs
Nov50°F31°F3.4″13.4″159 hrs
Dec40°F24°F4.2″27.3″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