Belleplain Stn Forest, NJ Climate: Temperature by Month
Average temperature and precipitation from NOAA NCEI 1991–2020 normals →, with a derived climate comfort score
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Belleplain Stn Forest's primary NOAA station, BELLEPLAIN STN FOREST.
The climate verdict for Belleplain Stn Forest
Belleplain Stn Forest, New Jersey has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 56°F. July is the warmest month at 77°F and January the coldest at 36°F.
- 56°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 181 days
- frost-free days per growing season
Belleplain Stn Forest: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00280690 · Belleplain Stn Forest, NJ 56°F mean
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-UNK · SWING-MID · COMF-UNK · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-PART
- TEMP-MILD 56°F
- RANK-UPPER #4,322
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Seligman
- PRCP-UNK Rain n/a
- SWING-MID 41°F
- COMF-UNK Comfort n/a
- LOAD-HEAT 4,523 HDD
- STN-1 USC00280690
- BOOK-PART 4/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Seligman, MO (+ 0.1 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every NJ station list.
- Belleplain (this station) 56°F
- Cold Somerset, VA 56°F
- Hot Moorestown, NJ 56°F
- Near Seligman, MO 56°F
- Near Wasola, MO 56°F
Climate Living Index · Belleplain Stn Forest
Belleplain Stn Forest: 61/100 · grade C
Belleplain Stn Forest publishes 3 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 3 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Belleplain Stn Forest, not an official NOAA rating. Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 120 calendar days | 65/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 55.7°F · 11.8° from 67.5°F | 62/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 181 days/year | 51/100 · D |
Belleplain Stn Forest · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method .
National standing · heating-led station
Where Belleplain Stn Forest sits across the climate record
Available NOAA 1991–2020 fields for Belleplain Stn Forest are ranked only against stations that publish the same field, missing metrics stay blank rather than estimated.
- Annual temperature
- 63rd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 40th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 46°F (8°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 36°F (2°C) | N/A | 24.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 49°F (9°C) | 26°F (-4°C) | 37°F (3°C) | N/A | 21.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 55°F (13°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 43°F (6°C) | N/A | 19.4 | 0.0 |
| April | 67°F (20°C) | 40°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | N/A | 8.4 | 0.3 |
| May | 76°F (25°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 63°F (17°C) | N/A | 1.8 | 2.5 |
| June | 84°F (29°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | N/A | 0.1 | 6.0 |
| July | 88°F (31°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 77°F (25°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 10.7 |
| August | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | N/A | 0.0 | 7.0 |
| September | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | N/A | 0.1 | 1.6 |
| October | 71°F (22°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 58°F (14°C) | N/A | 4.9 | 0.0 |
| November | 60°F (16°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 47°F (8°C) | N/A | 15.1 | 0.0 |
| December | 51°F (10°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 39°F (4°C) | N/A | 22.3 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 88°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 120 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 25°F near January 28.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 21, then returns to freezing around November 23, covering 120 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
The widest day
May 2 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 29°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Belleplain Stn Forest.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 22
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 24
50% probability date
Growing Season
181 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,523
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,165
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NJ closest to Belleplain Stn Forest on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (56°F here).
- Alton, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Boonville, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Festus, MO 56°F · 0.0°F off
- Hamlin, WV 56°F · 0.0°F off
Data-derived climate profile
How Belleplain Stn Forest's climate pattern fits together
heating led · mid swing
Belleplain Stn Forest's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,523 annual heating degree days against 1,165 for cooling. Its 41.1°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Belleplain Stn Forest's frost-free season lasts about 181 days, a middle-length window whose endpoints matter more than the annual average. It describes freeze probability, not year-specific planting conditions.
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Belleplain Stn Forest's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 41.1°F. The annual average is 56°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
A moisture-range label is withheld because Belleplain Stn Forest's annual precipitation total is unavailable. Monthly source values remain visible where NOAA provides them, and no annual amount is reconstructed from incomplete data.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Belleplain Stn Forest's primary station, so the winter figures are a thirty-year average and not a floor: a single hard season can run well below them. Treat each band as a descriptive range for Belleplain Stn Forest, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
Questions about Belleplain Stn Forest's climate
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Belleplain Stn Forest's primary station: BELLEPLAIN STN FOREST (USC00280690). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Belleplain Stn Forest; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Belleplain Stn Forest comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.