Hot-summer humid continental
Oak Ridge, New Jersey
Morris County, New Jersey · Population 11k · 728 ft elevation
Living in Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ 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 Oak Ridge: 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.
Oak Ridge at a glance
- Population
- 11k
- Elevation
- 728 ft
- Average daily high
- 60°F18th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $417k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,320/mo58th percentile
- Median household income
- $119k84th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.40%95th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 7.126th percentile
- Average commute
- 41 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9357th 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 | 4.1″ | 9.6″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 39°F | 20°F | 3.1″ | 7.7″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 47°F | 27°F | 4.5″ | 5.3″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 59°F | 38°F | 4.2″ | 1.4″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 70°F | 48°F | 4.0″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 78°F | 57°F | 4.8″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 83°F | 62°F | 4.6″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 82°F | 60°F | 4.3″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 75°F | 53°F | 4.9″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 63°F | 42°F | 5.0″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 51°F | 32°F | 3.8″ | 0.2″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 25°F | 4.8″ | 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