Hot-summer humid continental

Pompton Plains, New Jersey

Morris County, New Jersey · Population 11k · 230 ft elevation

Living in Pompton Plains

Pompton Plains has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (76″ a season).

Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 32 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 Pompton Plains: about 15% 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.

Pompton Plains at a glance

Population
11k
Elevation
230 ft
Average daily high
62°F30th percentile
Average daily low
42°F30th percentile
Annual precipitation
48″67th percentile
Annual snowfall
76″96th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,534 hrs15th percentile
Median AQI
3930th percentile
Median home value
$488k81th percentile
Median rent
$3,297/mo99th percentile
Median household income
$114k82th percentile
Property tax rate
1.83%85th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
10.8%
Sales tax (state + local)
6.6%
Unemployment rate
4.1%
Homes with broadband
85%20th percentile
Walkability index
10.066th percentile
Average commute
28 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
67%81th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
77%
Violent crime rate
25 per 100k7th percentile
Property crime rate
399 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9357th percentile
Outdoor access
8584th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
14%
Public land within 30 miles
15%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,115 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Pompton Plains, New Jersey
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan38°F20°F3.4″18.4″147 hrs
Feb41°F20°F2.7″14.7″157 hrs
Mar48°F29°F3.9″17.0″196 hrs
Apr60°F39°F4.2″0.5″215 hrs
May71°F50°F3.6″—246 hrs
Jun79°F58°F5.1″—273 hrs
Jul84°F64°F4.7″—312 hrs
Aug83°F63°F4.6″—281 hrs
Sep76°F56°F4.0″—239 hrs
Oct64°F43°F4.4″—184 hrs
Nov53°F35°F3.8″4.9″159 hrs
Dec43°F27°F4.0″20.7″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