Warm-summer humid continental
Mount Arlington, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 5.9k · 1,033 ft elevation
Living in Mount Arlington
Mount Arlington has a warm-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 82°F) and cold winters (January lows around 17°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 25 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 Mount Arlington: 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.
Mount Arlington at a glance
- Population
- 5.9k
- Elevation
- 1,033 ft
- Average daily high
- 59°F13th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $393k72th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,309/mo93th percentile
- Median household income
- $100k73th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.14%92th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 95%76th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.736th percentile
- Average commute
- 37 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 45%49th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 167 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8786th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 19%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 17%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 34°F | 17°F | 3.3″ | 9.6″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 38°F | 18°F | 2.8″ | 7.7″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 46°F | 26°F | 4.1″ | 5.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 37°F | 3.8″ | 1.4″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 47°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 56°F | 4.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 82°F | 60°F | 5.1″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 80°F | 59°F | 4.8″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 73°F | 51°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 61°F | 40°F | 4.6″ | — | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 50°F | 31°F | 3.4″ | 0.2″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 39°F | 23°F | 4.2″ | 3.9″ | 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