Hot-summer humid continental
Upper Montclair, New Jersey
Essex County, New Jersey · Population 12k · 354 ft elevation
Living in Upper Montclair
Upper Montclair has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 21°F).
Precipitation is wet at about 49″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ 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 44 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Upper Montclair: about 12% 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 Montclair at a glance
- Population
- 12k
- Elevation
- 354 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 42°F30th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 49″71th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $968k97th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,290/mo93th percentile
- Median household income
- $250k99th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.03%53th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 98%93th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.387th percentile
- Average commute
- 43 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 42%42th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 72%
- Violent crime rate
- 7 per 100k3th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 359 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8079th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 12%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 21°F | 3.6″ | 8.0″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 23°F | 2.9″ | 8.4″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 30°F | 4.2″ | 4.7″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 40°F | 4.1″ | 0.7″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 72°F | 49°F | 4.0″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 59°F | 4.6″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 64°F | 4.8″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 63°F | 4.5″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 78°F | 54°F | 4.5″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 43°F | 4.3″ | 0.2″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 34°F | 3.6″ | 0.3″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 27°F | 3.4″ | 5.9″ | 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