Hot-summer humid continental

Upper Saddle River, New Jersey

Bergen County, New Jersey · Population 8.4k · 243 ft elevation

Living in Upper Saddle River

Upper Saddle River has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 84°F) and cold winters (January lows around 20°F).

Precipitation is wet at about 48″ a year, and it is a snowy place (77″ 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 Upper 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.

Upper Saddle River at a glance

Population
8.4k
Elevation
243 ft
Average daily high
62°F30th percentile
Average daily low
42°F30th percentile
Annual precipitation
48″67th percentile
Annual snowfall
77″96th percentile
Sunshine hours per year
2,534 hrs15th percentile
Median AQI
4038th percentile
Median home value
$1.1M98th percentile
Median rent
$3,501/mo99th percentile
Median household income
$247k99th percentile
Property tax rate
0.91%45th percentile
Top state income-tax rate
10.8%
Sales tax (state + local)
6.6%
Unemployment rate
7.9%
Homes with broadband
100%99th percentile
Walkability index
8.448th percentile
Average commute
35 min
Math proficiency (8th grade)
92%99th percentile
Reading proficiency (8th grade)
87%
Violent crime rate
11 per 100k4th percentile
Property crime rate
296 per 100k
Overall natural-hazard risk
9879th percentile
Outdoor access
8483th percentile
Public land within 10 miles
14%
Public land within 30 miles
13%
Mountain relief within 30 miles
1,115 ft

Climate by month

Average monthly weather in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
MonthHighLowPrecipitationSnowSunshine
Jan38°F20°F3.4″18.5″147 hrs
Feb41°F20°F2.7″14.8″157 hrs
Mar48°F29°F3.9″17.5″196 hrs
Apr60°F39°F4.2″0.3″215 hrs
May71°F50°F3.6″—246 hrs
Jun79°F58°F5.1″—273 hrs
Jul84°F64°F4.7″—313 hrs
Aug83°F63°F4.6″—281 hrs
Sep76°F56°F4.0″—239 hrs
Oct64°F43°F4.4″—183 hrs
Nov53°F35°F3.8″4.7″159 hrs
Dec43°F27°F4.0″21.1″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