Hot-summer humid continental

Upper Greenwood Lake, New Jersey

Passaic County, New Jersey · Population 3.6k · 702 ft elevation

Living in Upper Greenwood Lake

Upper Greenwood Lake has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 83°F) and cold winters (January lows around 19°F).

Precipitation is very wet at about 52″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ a season).

Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 31 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 Upper Greenwood Lake: about 19% 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.

Upper Greenwood Lake at a glance

Population
3.6k
Elevation
702 ft
Average daily high
60°F18th percentile
Average daily low
40°F19th percentile
Annual precipitation
52″83th percentile
Annual snowfall
28″67th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,535 hrs16th percentile
Median AQI
4144th percentile
Median home value
$331k63th percentile
Median rent
$2,120/mo89th percentile
Median household income
$124k86th percentile
Property tax rate
2.90%98th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
10.8%
Sales tax (state + local)
6.6%
Unemployment rate
3.9%
Homes with broadband
98%93th percentile
Walkability index
5.58th percentile
Average commute
53 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
42%42th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
72%
Overall natural-hazard risk
9668th percentile
Outdoor access
8887th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
30%
Public land within 30 miles
19%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,148 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Upper Greenwood Lake, New Jersey
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan36°F19°F4.1″9.6″146 hrs
Feb39°F20°F3.1″7.7″157 hrs
Mar47°F28°F4.5″5.3″196 hrs
Apr59°F38°F4.2″1.4″216 hrs
May70°F48°F4.0″—246 hrs
Jun78°F57°F4.8″—273 hrs
Jul83°F62°F4.6″—313 hrs
Aug82°F60°F4.3″—281 hrs
Sep75°F53°F4.9″—239 hrs
Oct63°F42°F5.0″—183 hrs
Nov51°F33°F3.8″0.2″159 hrs
Dec41°F25°F4.8″3.9″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