Hot-summer humid continental
Summit, New Jersey
Union County, New Jersey · Population 23k · 390 ft elevation
Living in Summit
Summit has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it gets light snow (24″ a season).
Skies are sunny (60% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 42 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44, with about 1 unhealthy-air day in the latest year.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Summit: about 10% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,000 ft around town.
Summit at a glance
- Population
- 23k
- Elevation
- 390 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 43°F36th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 24″63th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,706 hrs41th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $970k97th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,308/mo93th percentile
- Median household income
- $199k98th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.03%53th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 96%82th percentile
- Walkability index
- 12.682th percentile
- Average commute
- 35 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 77%90th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 87%
- Violent crime rate
- 108 per 100k33th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 444 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9564th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 11%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 10%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,017 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 21°F | 3.5″ | 5.8″ | 160 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 22°F | 3.0″ | 8.4″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 30°F | 4.2″ | 4.6″ | 204 hrs |
| Apr | 62°F | 40°F | 4.0″ | 0.4″ | 233 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 4.0″ | — | 258 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 59°F | 4.8″ | — | 293 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 65°F | 4.7″ | — | 325 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 63°F | 4.9″ | — | 291 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 56°F | 4.6″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 43°F | 4.6″ | — | 198 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 34°F | 3.6″ | 0.7″ | 177 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 27°F | 4.4″ | 4.1″ | 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