Hot-summer humid continental
Madison, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 16k · 266 ft elevation
Living in Madison
Madison has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it gets light snow (24″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 31 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 Madison: about 11% 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.
Madison at a glance
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 266 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 24″63th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $883k95th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,248/mo92th percentile
- Median household income
- $168k95th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.13%58th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.274th percentile
- Average commute
- 27 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%90th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 201 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,050 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 22°F | 3.5″ | 5.8″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 23°F | 3.0″ | 8.4″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 50°F | 30°F | 4.2″ | 4.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 40°F | 4.0″ | 0.4″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 4.0″ | — | 245 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 60°F | 4.8″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 65°F | 4.7″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 63°F | 4.9″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 44°F | 4.6″ | — | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 35°F | 3.6″ | 0.7″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 44°F | 27°F | 4.4″ | 4.1″ | 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