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United States / New Jersey / New York-Newark-Jersey City Metro Area / Passaic County / Prospect Park / Zip Codes
Prospect Park, NJ has a humid continental climate, which means that it experiences warm to hot summers and cold winters. In the summer months the temperatures can reach into the 80s and 90s with high humidity levels. Winters are generally cold with lows in the single digits and sporadic snowfall. The area experiences an average of 37 inches of rain annually, distributed fairly evenly throughout the year.

Prospect Park, New Jersey gets 49 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year.

Prospect Park averages 24 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year.

On average, there are 213 sunny days per year in Prospect Park. The US average is 205 sunny days.

Prospect Park gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 120 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 85 degrees
Winter Low: the January low is 20
Rain: averages 49 inches of rain a year
Snow: averages 24 inches of snow a year

Bestplaces Comfort Index

The annual BestPlaces Comfort Index for Prospect Park is 7.2 (10=best), which means it is about average compared to other places in New Jersey.

8.9 Summer - 5.3 Winter
June, September and August are the most pleasant months in Prospect Park, while January and February are the least comfortable months.

  ClimateProspect Park, New JerseyUnited States
  49.1 in.38.1 in.
  23.5 in.27.8 in.
  119.7 days106.2 days
  213 days205 days
  84.6°85.8°
  20.0°21.7°
  7.27
  3.84.3
  233 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 Prospect Park with an average high temperature of 84.6°, which ranks it as cooler than most places in New Jersey. In Prospect Park, there are 5 comfortable months with high temperatures in the range of 70-85°. The most pleasant months of the year for Prospect Park are June, September and August.
In Prospect Park, there are 13.8 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 Prospect Park with an average of 20.0°. This is colder than most places in New Jersey.
In Prospect Park, there are 114.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is colder than most places in New Jersey.
In Prospect Park, there are 1.0 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below zero°, which is colder than most places in New Jersey.
The humidity is usually comfortable in Prospect Park 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 Prospect Park with 4.7 inches of rain, and the driest month is February with 2.8 inches. The wettest season is Autumn with 27% of yearly precipitation and 21% occurs in Spring, which is the driest season. The annual rainfall of 49.1 inches in Prospect Park means that it is wetter than most places in New Jersey.
May is the rainiest month in Prospect Park with 11.6 days of rain, and February is the driest month with only 8.2 rainy days. There are 119.7 rainy days annually in Prospect Park, which is rainier 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 23% chance of a rainy day.
An annual snowfall of 23.5 inches in Prospect Park means that it is about average compared to other places in New Jersey. February is the snowiest month in Prospect Park with 7.2 inches of snow, and 5 months of the year have significant snowfall.
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