Mount Olive, NJ Climate

Mount Olive, NJ has a humid continental climate with warm and humid summers and cold and snowy winters. The hottest month is July, when temperatures can reach up to 85°F, while the coldest month is January, with an average temperature of 27°F. Rainfall is spread throughout the year with March being the wettest month. Snowfall in Mount Olive usually occurs between November and April, with an average of 33 inches per season.

Mount Olive, New Jersey gets 51 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Mount Olive averages 34 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 206 sunny days per year in Mount Olive. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Mount Olive gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 116 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure.

Weather Highlights

Summer High: the July high is around 82 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 18
Rain: averages 51 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 34 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Mount Olive is 7.0 (10=best), which means it is less comfortable than most places in New Jersey.

9.2 Summer - 5 Winter

August, July and June are the most pleasant months in Mount Olive, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

Climate	Mount Olive, New Jersey	United States
	50.8 in.	38.1 in.
	33.6 in.	27.8 in.
	115.7 days	106.2 days
	206 days	205 days
	81.9°	85.8°
	17.6°	21.7°
	7	7
	3.8	4.3
	1030 ft.	2443 ft.

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.

July is the hottest month for Mount Olive with an average high temperature of 81.9°, which ranks it as one of the coolest places in New Jersey. In Mount Olive, there are 4 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Mount Olive are June, August and July.

In Mount Olive, there are 6.7 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is one of the coolest places in New Jersey.

January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Mount Olive with an average of 17.6°. This is one of the coldest places in New Jersey.

In Mount Olive, there are 132.4 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is one of the coldest places in New Jersey.

In Mount Olive, there are 3.2 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is one of the coldest places in New Jersey.

Humidity in Mount Olive is generally low and comfortable. But there some days when the humidity becomes unpleasant, especially in July and August. The most humid months (but still comfortable) are July, August and June.

July is the wettest month in Mount Olive with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.1 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 26% of yearly precipitation and 22% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 50.8 inches in Mount Olive means that it is one of the wettest places in New Jersey.

May is the rainiest month in Mount Olive with 11.4 days of rain, and October is the driest month with only 8.1 rainy days. There are 115.7 rainy days annually in Mount Olive, which is less rainy than most places in New Jersey. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 22% chance of a rainy day.

An annual snowfall of 33.6 inches in Mount Olive means that it is one of the snowiest places in New Jersey. January is the snowiest month in Mount Olive with 10.9 inches of snow, and 6 months of the year have significant snowfall.