Hot-summer humid continental
Saddle River, New Jersey
Bergen County, New Jersey · Population 3.4k · 174 ft elevation
Living in Saddle River
Saddle River has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 85°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (74″ 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 40, with about 4 unhealthy-air days in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Saddle River: about 13% 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.
Saddle River at a glance
- Population
- 3.4k
- Elevation
- 174 ft
- Average daily high
- 62°F30th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 48″67th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 74″95th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $2M99th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,709/mo76th percentile
- Median household income
- $237k99th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.50%9th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 9.6%
- Homes with broadband
- 89%38th percentile
- Walkability index
- 10.670th percentile
- Average commute
- 25 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 67%81th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%
- Violent crime rate
- 0 per 100k0th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 376 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8282th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 9%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 20°F | 3.4″ | 18.1″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 20°F | 2.7″ | 14.4″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 29°F | 3.9″ | 16.8″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 39°F | 4.2″ | 0.3″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 50°F | 3.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 80°F | 59°F | 5.1″ | — | 273 hrs |
| Jul | 85°F | 64°F | 4.7″ | — | 313 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 63°F | 4.6″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 56°F | 4.0″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 43°F | 4.4″ | — | 183 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 35°F | 3.8″ | 4.2″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 27°F | 4.0″ | 20.5″ | 127 hrs |
Near Saddle River
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology