Hot-summer humid continental
Morris Plains, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 6.2k · 394 ft elevation
Living in Morris Plains
Morris Plains has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it is a snowy place (89″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 30 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 Morris Plains: 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.
Morris Plains at a glance
- Population
- 6.2k
- Elevation
- 394 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 41°F25th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 89″97th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $610k87th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,686/mo96th percentile
- Median household income
- $150k93th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.64%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.4%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 11.978th percentile
- Average commute
- 28 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 87%97th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 92%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 955 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8483th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 16%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,083 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 37°F | 20°F | 3.7″ | 20.5″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 40°F | 21°F | 2.8″ | 15.3″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 28°F | 4.2″ | 19.6″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 39°F | 3.6″ | 0.5″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 49°F | 4.0″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 58°F | 4.9″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 4.7″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 62°F | 3.7″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 54°F | 4.7″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 42°F | 4.5″ | — | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 33°F | 4.1″ | 9.4″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 42°F | 26°F | 4.4″ | 23.2″ | 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