Hot-summer humid continental
Watsessing, New Jersey
Essex County, New Jersey · Population 7.9k · 240 ft elevation
Living in Watsessing
Watsessing has a hot-summer humid continental climate: hot summers (July highs around 86°F) and cold winters (January lows around 24°F).
Precipitation is very wet at about 50″ a year, and it gets light snow (28″ a season).
Skies are partly sunny (56% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 29 muggy days a year.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 44 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Watsessing at a glance
- Population
- 7.9k
- Elevation
- 240 ft
- Average daily high
- 63°F35th percentile
- Average daily low
- 46°F52th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 50″75th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 28″67th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,534 hrs15th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4462th percentile
- Median home value
- $419k74th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,997/mo87th percentile
- Median household income
- $94k69th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 2.39%95th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.7%
- Homes with broadband
- 88%32th percentile
- Walkability index
- 13.588th percentile
- Average commute
- 33 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 46%51th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 60%
- Violent crime rate
- 82 per 100k26th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 1,337 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 7877th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 6%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 11%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,050 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39°F | 24°F | 3.7″ | 8.0″ | 147 hrs |
| Feb | 42°F | 25°F | 3.3″ | 8.4″ | 157 hrs |
| Mar | 49°F | 32°F | 4.3″ | 4.7″ | 196 hrs |
| Apr | 61°F | 42°F | 4.1″ | 0.7″ | 215 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 53°F | 4.4″ | — | 246 hrs |
| Jun | 81°F | 63°F | 4.9″ | — | 272 hrs |
| Jul | 86°F | 68°F | 4.8″ | — | 312 hrs |
| Aug | 84°F | 66°F | 4.4″ | — | 280 hrs |
| Sep | 77°F | 59°F | 4.3″ | — | 239 hrs |
| Oct | 65°F | 47°F | 4.2″ | 0.2″ | 184 hrs |
| Nov | 54°F | 37°F | 3.6″ | 0.3″ | 159 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 30°F | 4.6″ | 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