Hot-summer humid continental
Mendham, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 5k · 620 ft elevation
Living in Mendham
Mendham has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (30″ 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 Mendham: about 12% 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.
Mendham at a glance
- Population
- 5k
- Elevation
- 620 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 30″70th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $764k93th percentile
- Median rent
- $3,250/mo99th percentile
- Median household income
- $224k99th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.31%66th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.550th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%86th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 200 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 12%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,050 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 19°F | 3.2″ | 7.4″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 21°F | 2.2″ | 10.3″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 28°F | 3.9″ | 5.8″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 37°F | 3.6″ | 0.7″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 47°F | 3.5″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 56°F | 4.2″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 61°F | 4.9″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 60°F | 5.2″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 52°F | 3.8″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 40°F | 3.7″ | 0.3″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 31°F | 3.4″ | 0.3″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 25°F | 3.9″ | 4.8″ | 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