Hot-summer humid continental
Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey
Ocean County, New Jersey · Population 4.8k · 13 ft elevation
Living in Point Pleasant Beach
Point Pleasant Beach has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it is a snowy place (71″ a season).
Skies are sunny (62% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 46 muggy days a year.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 39, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
Point Pleasant Beach at a glance
- Population
- 4.8k
- Elevation
- 13 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 52″83th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 71″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,799 hrs48th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3930th percentile
- Median home value
- $814k94th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,717/mo77th percentile
- Median household income
- $132k89th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.12%58th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.9%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 15.097th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 75%89th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 85%
- Violent crime rate
- 381 per 100k80th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,883 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 5958th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 20%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 164 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42°F | 22°F | 4.4″ | 16.6″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 45°F | 22°F | 3.2″ | 11.9″ | 170 hrs |
| Mar | 51°F | 28°F | 4.9″ | 15.9″ | 213 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 38°F | 3.8″ | 0.2″ | 243 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 49°F | 3.6″ | — | 271 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 58°F | 3.9″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 64°F | 4.5″ | — | 337 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 62°F | 5.0″ | — | 309 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 53°F | 4.7″ | — | 260 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 42°F | 4.5″ | — | 206 hrs |
| Nov | 56°F | 32°F | 3.7″ | 5.7″ | 177 hrs |
| Dec | 47°F | 27°F | 5.8″ | 20.9″ | 149 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