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United States / New Jersey / New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area / Ocean County / Point Pleasant / Zip Codes
Point Pleasant, NJ enjoys a humid subtropical climate with warm weather for most of the year. Summers are usually hot and humid, with temperatures in the mid 80s Fahrenheit and high levels of humidity. Winters are mild and relatively short, with temperatures rarely dropping below freezing. Average annual precipitation is around 48 inches and snowfall is usually light. Spring and autumn bring comfortable temperatures with a variety of weather patterns that can bring showers or thunderstorms throughout the season.

Point Pleasant, New Jersey gets 48 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Point Pleasant averages 22 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 207 sunny days per year in Point Pleasant. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Point Pleasant gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 110 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 84 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 23
Rain: averages 48 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 22 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Point Pleasant is 7.3 (10=best), which means it is one of the most pleasant places in New Jersey.

8.8 Summer - 5.6 Winter
June, September and May are the most pleasant months in Point Pleasant, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimatePoint Pleasant, New JerseyUnited States
  48.3 in.38.1 in.
  22.3 in.27.8 in.
  110.1 days106.2 days
  207 days205 days
  84.3°85.8°
  22.8°21.7°
  7.37
  44.3
  16 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 Point Pleasant with an average high temperature of 84.3°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in New Jersey. In Point Pleasant, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Point Pleasant are June, September and August.
In Point Pleasant, there are 14.2 days annually when the high temperature is over 90°, which is cooler than most places in New Jersey.
January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Point Pleasant with an average of 22.8°. This is about average compared to other places in New Jersey.
In Point Pleasant, there are 101.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is about average compared to other places in New Jersey.
In Point Pleasant, there are 0.6 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is about average compared to other places in New Jersey.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Point Pleasant but some summer months can be sticky or muggy. July is the most humid month, though humidity is low for most of the year. The most humid months are July, August and June.
July is the wettest month in Point Pleasant with 4.8 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 3.0 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 27% of yearly precipitation and 23% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 48.3 inches in Point Pleasant means that it is wetter than most places in New Jersey.
May is the rainiest month in Point Pleasant with 10.7 days of rain, and September is the driest month with only 8.1 rainy days. There are 110.1 rainy days annually in Point Pleasant, which is one of the least rainy places in New Jersey. The rainiest season is Summer when it rains 28% of the time and the driest is Winter with only a 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 22.3 inches in Point Pleasant means that it is less snowy than most places in New Jersey. February is the snowiest month in Point Pleasant with 7.0 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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