Hot-summer humid continental
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey
Bergen County, New Jersey · Population 6.1k · 259 ft elevation
Living in Woodcliff Lake
Woodcliff Lake 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 (59% of possible sunshine). Summers get sticky, with about 40 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 Woodcliff Lake: 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.
Woodcliff Lake at a glance
- Population
- 6.1k
- Elevation
- 259 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
- 2,645 hrs30th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4038th percentile
- Median home value
- $902k96th percentile
- Median rent
- $2,629/mo96th percentile
- Median household income
- $211k98th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 1.11%57th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 10.8%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 10.2%
- Homes with broadband
- 99%97th percentile
- Walkability index
- 8.448th percentile
- Average commute
- 31 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 82%93th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 92%
- Violent crime rate
- 32 per 100k9th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 479 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 9879th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8181th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 13%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,115 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 38°F | 20°F | 3.4″ | 18.6″ | 159 hrs |
| Feb | 41°F | 20°F | 2.7″ | 14.8″ | 167 hrs |
| Mar | 48°F | 29°F | 3.9″ | 17.7″ | 201 hrs |
| Apr | 60°F | 39°F | 4.2″ | 0.3″ | 224 hrs |
| May | 71°F | 50°F | 3.6″ | — | 251 hrs |
| Jun | 79°F | 58°F | 5.1″ | — | 281 hrs |
| Jul | 84°F | 64°F | 4.7″ | — | 319 hrs |
| Aug | 83°F | 63°F | 4.6″ | — | 290 hrs |
| Sep | 76°F | 56°F | 4.0″ | — | 247 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 43°F | 4.4″ | — | 192 hrs |
| Nov | 53°F | 35°F | 3.8″ | 4.8″ | 170 hrs |
| Dec | 43°F | 27°F | 4.0″ | 21.3″ | 143 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