Hot-summer humid continental
Preakness, New Jersey
Passaic County, New Jersey · Population 19k · 171 ft elevation
Living in Preakness
Preakness has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 23°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 45″ a year, and it gets a fair bit of snow (54″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 32 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 41, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Preakness: about 14% 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.
Preakness at a glance
- Population
- 19k
- Elevation
- 171 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 44°F41th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 45″56th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 54″90th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4144th percentile
- Median home value
- $603k87th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,946/mo85th percentile
- Median household income
- $133k89th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.66%79th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 93%62th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.085th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 70%85th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 86%
- Violent crime rate
- 93 per 100k29th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,787 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9668th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 8%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 14%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 23°F | 3.0″ | 13.3″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 24°F | 2.5″ | 11.2″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 31°F | 4.1″ | 10.8″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 41°F | 3.7″ | 0.1″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 51°F | 3.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 60°F | 4.3″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 66°F | 4.3″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 64°F | 4.5″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 57°F | 3.7″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 45°F | 4.0″ | — | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 35°F | 3.3″ | 2.5″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 28°F | 4.0″ | 16.4″ | 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