Hot-summer humid continental
Newton, New Jersey
Sussex County, New Jersey · Population 8.3k · 650 ft elevation
Living in Newton
Newton has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (39″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 27 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 Newton: about 18% 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.
Newton at a glance
- Population
- 8.3k
- Elevation
- 650 ft
- Average daily high
- 61°F24th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 39″79th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $282k54th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,383/mo62th percentile
- Median household income
- $74k49th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 3.20%99th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 8.0%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.939th percentile
- Average commute
- 26 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 62%
- Violent crime rate
- 118 per 100k36th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 899 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 7729th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8887th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 22%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 18%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,148 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 19°F | 3.3″ | 11.6″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 19°F | 2.8″ | 9.9″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 28°F | 4.1″ | 6.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 38°F | 3.8″ | 1.2″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 48°F | 3.8″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 57°F | 4.5″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 62°F | 5.1″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 81°F | 60°F | 4.8″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 74°F | 52°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 4.6″ | 0.3″ | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 3.4″ | 1.4″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 25°F | 4.2″ | 8.0″ | 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