Canoe Brook, New Jersey climate: Climate normals at a NOAA weather station
Canoe Brook's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 50.4 inches of precipitation and 24 inches of snow a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.8°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,280 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationCanoe Brook
- Station IDUSC00281335
- Location40.74°N 74.35°W
- Elevation180 ft (55 m)
On October 22, the normal high in Canoe Brook is 63°F and the normal low 42°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 33%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Canoe Brook.
- Jan 40° 22°
- Feb 42° 23°
- Mar 50° 31°
- Apr 62° 41°
- May 72° 50°
- Jun 82° 60°
- Jul 86° 66°
- Aug 85° 64°
- Sep 78° 56°
- Oct 66° 44°
- Nov 54° 35°
- Dec 44° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like at Canoe Brook each month?
July is the warmest month, with normal highs of 86°F; January the coldest, with normal lows of 22°F. The most precipitation falls in August (4.94 in), the least in February (2.96 in).
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40°F | 22°F | 30.7°F | 3.53 | 5.8 | 10 | <1 | 27 | 9 h 30 min |
| February | 42°F | 23°F | 32.4°F | 2.96 | 8.4 | 8 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 50°F | 31°F | 40.2°F | 4.19 | 4.6 | 10 | <1 | 20 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 41°F | 51.5°F | 4.03 | 0.4 | 12 | <1 | 6 | 13 h 20 min |
| May | 72°F | 50°F | 61.4°F | 4.05 | 0.0 | 12 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 30 min |
| June | 82°F | 60°F | 70.7°F | 4.77 | 0.0 | 11 | 6 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 86°F | 66°F | 76.0°F | 4.68 | 0.0 | 11 | 11 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 85°F | 64°F | 74.2°F | 4.94 | 0.0 | 11 | 8 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 78°F | 56°F | 67.1°F | 4.64 | 0.0 | 10 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 66°F | 44°F | 54.9°F | 4.58 | 0.0 | 11 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 54°F | 35°F | 44.5°F | 3.60 | 0.7 | 9 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| December | 44°F | 28°F | 35.9°F | 4.43 | 4.1 | 10 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 63°F | 43°F | 53.3°F | 50.40 | 24.0 | 123 | 29 | 118 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4°C | −6°C | −0.7°C | 90 mm | 15 cm |
| February | 5°C | −5°C | 0.2°C | 75 mm | 21 cm |
| March | 10°C | −1°C | 4.6°C | 106 mm | 12 cm |
| April | 17°C | 5°C | 10.8°C | 102 mm | 1 cm |
| May | 22°C | 10°C | 16.3°C | 103 mm | 0 cm |
| June | 28°C | 16°C | 21.5°C | 121 mm | 0 cm |
| July | 30°C | 19°C | 24.4°C | 119 mm | 0 cm |
| August | 29°C | 18°C | 23.4°C | 125 mm | 0 cm |
| September | 26°C | 13°C | 19.5°C | 118 mm | 0 cm |
| October | 19°C | 7°C | 12.7°C | 116 mm | 0 cm |
| November | 12°C | 2°C | 6.9°C | 91 mm | 2 cm |
| December | 7°C | −2°C | 2.2°C | 113 mm | 10 cm |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00281335; annual normals. Wet days: 0.01 inch or more; 90°F days and freezing nights: NOAA's day counts. Daylight: sunrise to sunset on the 15th, computed from the latitude.
Which months are mildest at Canoe Brook?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, September has the fewest days with rain (10).
That is a measurement, not a recommendation: it counts the months whose normal afternoon high sits between 65°F and 85°F, where a light layer is enough by day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00281335.
When is the last frost at Canoe Brook?
In Canoe Brook, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 18 in half of years and after May 6 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 27 in half of years and before October 11 in one year in ten.
Frost-free in half of yearsFrost in 1 to 9 years out of 10Frost most years
- Last spring frost, half of years after
- April 181 year in 10 after May 6; 9 in 10 after April 3
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 271 year in 10 before October 11; 9 in 10 before November 10
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 189 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 216 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 3 in half of springs and before November 6 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Canoe Brook in zone 7a in ZIP code 07078, the nearest ZIP area. By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, the station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (24 complete years).
Frost dates for every NOAA station in New Jersey · Frost dates by ZIP code
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals (frost probabilities), station USC00281335; USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; the station zone: ACIS daily lows, 1991-2020. A 10% date means one year in ten has a frost after it in spring or before it in autumn.
How hot and how cold does it get at Canoe Brook?
In a normal year in Canoe Brook, 29 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 118 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 123 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 29a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 118a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 15high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 123a normal year
- Days with 1 inch of snow or more
- 6a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1931) is 107°F, on July 7, 2010; the lowest is −26°F, on February 9, 1934.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 2018, with 68.59 in; the snowiest season is 1960–61, with 78.5 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00281335; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00281335. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is it at Canoe Brook?
Over a year 73% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds at Canoe Brook, 3.9 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (80%) and December the cloudiest (66%).
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 1.9 |
| February | 71% | 2.8 |
| March | 69% | 3.7 |
| April | 71% | 4.8 |
| May | 70% | 5.4 |
| June | 76% | 6.0 |
| July | 80% | 6.0 |
| August | 78% | 5.2 |
| September | 76% | 4.3 |
| October | 71% | 3.0 |
| November | 72% | 2.2 |
| December | 66% | 1.6 |
Source: NASA POWER solar climatology, 2001-2020 (CERES SYN1deg). Satellite-based, for the 1-degree cell (about 100 km across) around the station, so it describes the area rather than the airport.
How many heating and cooling degree days does Canoe Brook record?
A normal year at Canoe Brook brings 5,262 heating degree days, 2% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 1,023 cooling degree days, 13% more than the median (908). Seven months need 300 or more heating degree days, a monthly mean of about 55°F or colder. For gardens and crops, NOAA counts 3,434 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,063 | 0 |
| February | 913 | 0 |
| March | 769 | 1 |
| April | 415 | 9 |
| May | 168 | 54 |
| June | 25 | 196 |
| July | 1 | 340 |
| August | 3 | 288 |
| September | 59 | 122 |
| October | 328 | 13 |
| November | 615 | 0 |
| December | 904 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,262 | 1,023 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00281335. A degree day is one degree of a day's mean temperature below 65°F (heating) or above it (cooling); utilities use them to estimate energy use.
Have recent years at Canoe Brook been warmer than normal?
2025 averaged 54.0°F, 0.8°F above the 1991-2020 normal of 53.3°F. 5 of the 5 complete years since 2021 ran warmer than the normal.
| Year | Mean | Against normal | Precip. | Snow |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 55.1°F | +1.8°F | 53.80 | – |
| 2022 | 54.5°F | +1.2°F | 43.77 | – |
| 2023 | 55.6°F | +2.3°F | 53.54 | – |
| 2024 | 55.9°F | +2.6°F | 49.94 | – |
| 2025 | 54.0°F | +0.8°F | – | – |
Over 68 complete years from 1931 to 2025, the station's annual mean temperature rose at a fitted 4.5°F per century (+0.25°C per decade). A fitted rate summarizes the whole record; single years swing well above and below it.
Source: observed years: ACIS, station USC00281335; trend: NOAA GHCN-Monthly v4. A year counts only with all twelve months complete.
How does Canoe Brook's climate compare?
Canoe Brook is warmer than 14 of the 33 places with their own NOAA record in New Jersey, and wetter than 24. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 53.3°F is warmer than 55%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Canoe Brook is Dfa: continental, no dry season, hot summer. What the classes mean.
Places with the most similar year elsewhere
Measured month by month on the normal high, low and precipitation, among places of 20,000 or more people in other states:
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 normals for every station PlainClimate covers. Similarity: the root-mean-square difference of the 36 monthly figures, precipitation weighted so an inch counts like 6°F.
Which places near Canoe Brook share this climate record?
10 places have no NOAA station with 1991-2020 normals of their own, and this station is the nearest full record. A place's own climate can differ from these figures, by several degrees where it sits much higher or lower than the station, nearer the coast, or inside a large city's heat; for the larger places the next nearest records are named with their yearly mean, so the spread around them is visible, and places of 50,000 or more have their own page with NOAA's gridded normals.
- Summit, NJ23,102 people · 2 mi S
- Morristown, NJ20,732 people · 7 mi NW
- Madison, NJ16,555 people · 3 mi W
- Florham Park, NJ14,533 people · 3 mi NW
- Short Hills, NJ14,398 people · 1 mi E
- New Providence, NJ13,957 people · 4 mi SW
- Chatham, NJ10,062 people · 2 mi W
- Gillette, NJ2,739 people · 6 mi SW
- Green Village, NJ1,040 people · 5 mi W
- New Vernon, NJ791 people · 7 mi W
Source: Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer (place centers) and Vintage 2024 population estimates. Distance and direction from the station to each place's center.
Questions about Canoe Brook's climate
What is the coldest month at Canoe Brook?
January, with a normal high of 40°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 66°F at night).
Does it snow at Canoe Brook?
Yes: 24 inches in a normal year, falling on 9 days with 0.1 inch or more, the most in February (8.4 inches).
What is the rainiest month at Canoe Brook?
August, with 4.94 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 2.96 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Canoe Brook in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Canoe Brook in zone 7a in ZIP code 07078, the nearest ZIP area. By the same method at the station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 3°F (24 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come at Canoe Brook?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 18; in one year in ten it comes after May 6. Waiting until May 6 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- New Jersey climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Cranford, NJ6 miles from this station, 54.7°F a year
- Essex Fells, NJ7 miles from this station, 52.5°F a year
- Caldwell, NJ10 miles from this station, 53.1°F a year
- Plainfield, NJ10 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Compare two placesMonth by month, side by side
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