Freehold-marlboro, NJ Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Annual temperature and rainfall from NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 normals →; comfort score computed by PlainClimate
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Freehold-marlboro's primary NOAA station, FREEHOLD-MARLBORO.
The climate verdict for Freehold-marlboro
Water is the standout signal in Freehold-marlboro, New Jersey: 48.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 54°F. Its climate comfort score of 68/100 (good) lands mid-pack nationally, exceeding 56% of station-mapped location scores.
- 54°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 68/100
- comfort score, above 56% of station-mapped location scores
- 48.6"
- yearly precipitation total
- 189 days
- growing season, frost-free days
Freehold-marlboro: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00283181 · Freehold-marlboro, NJ 54°F mean · 48.6" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-MID · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 54°F
- RANK-MID #3,911
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Willow Grove
- PRCP-MID 48.6"
- SWING-MID 44°F
- COMF-MID 68/100
- LOAD-HEAT 4,988 HDD
- STN-1 USC00283181
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Willow Grove, PA (+ 0 °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.
- Freehold-marlbo… (this station) 54°F
- Hot Trenton Mercer…, NJ 54°F
- Near Willow Grove, PA 54°F
- Near York 3 Ssw Pump, PA 54°F
- Near Damascus, MD 54°F
Climate Living Index · Freehold-marlboro
Freehold-marlboro: 60/100 · grade C
Freehold-marlboro publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Freehold-marlboro, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 68/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 110 calendar days | 70/100 · B |
| Annual temperature balance | 54.0°F · 13.5° from 67.5°F | 56/100 · C |
| Frost-free season | 189 days/year | 56/100 · C |
| Precipitation balance | 48.6 in · 13.6 from 35 in | 52/100 · D |
Freehold-marlboro · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Freehold-marlboro is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 32.3°F and warmest-month mean 76.0°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 76.0°F
- Coldest month
- 32.3°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · heating-led station
Where Freehold-marlboro sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Freehold-marlboro's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 57th percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 23% wettest
- Freehold-marlboro's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 52nd percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Freehold-marlboro compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Freehold-marlboro's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
68 Top 44% score exceeds 56% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). This entry sits in this band.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Above this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Above this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). Above this entry.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Freehold-marlboro's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 70 complete annual observations from 1932 to 2025, FREEHOLD-MARLBORO warmed at a fitted rate of 0.24°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Freehold-marlboro primary station fitted change +0.24 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F (5°C) | 23°F (-5°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 3.9" | 25.8 | 0.0 |
| February | 44°F (7°C) | 25°F (-4°C) | 35°F (2°C) | 3.1" | 22.9 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 31°F (0°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 4.2" | 17.5 | 0.0 |
| April | 63°F (17°C) | 41°F (5°C) | 52°F (11°C) | 3.8" | 3.8 | 0.4 |
| May | 72°F (22°C) | 51°F (10°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 3.8" | 0.1 | 1.4 |
| June | 81°F (27°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 71°F (21°C) | 4.4" | 0.0 | 5.3 |
| July | 87°F (30°C) | 66°F (19°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 11.4 |
| August | 85°F (29°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 4.1" | 0.0 | 7.7 |
| September | 78°F (26°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 67°F (19°C) | 4.2" | 0.0 | 2.2 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 56°F (13°C) | 4.1" | 1.8 | 0.0 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 36°F (2°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 3.5" | 11.5 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 4.7" | 22.5 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 87°F around July 15, short of 90°F on every date, while 110 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 22°F near January 19.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 19, then returns to freezing around December 1, covering 110 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.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 23, when 41% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is September 11 at 30%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 125 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 6 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 23°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Freehold-marlboro.
Where Freehold-marlboro Stands Nationally
Days and nights track unusually close together; the widest normal swing, about 23°F, is narrower than most stations record.
Freehold-marlboro earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall
10.7 days with precipitation
9.2 days with precipitation
9.9 days with precipitation
11.6 days with precipitation
12.5 days with precipitation
11.8 days with precipitation
9.8 days with precipitation
10.7 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
10.2 days with precipitation
9.4 days with precipitation
10.1 days with precipitation
Freehold-marlboro spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 27% of the annual total and December through February 24%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Freehold-marlboro has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.7°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 4.7" and February 3.1". The three wettest months together take 28% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Freehold-marlboro, it arrives in quantity
48.6" of precipitation falls across only about 125 wet days here, averaging 0.39 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 125 a year, 34% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.39 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 13
- Fewest wet days
- September, about 9
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
October 23
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 17
50% probability date
Growing Season
189 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
4,988
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
1,017
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NJ closest to Freehold-marlboro 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 (54°F here).
- Boardman, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Damascus, MD 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Elsberry, MO 54°F · 0.0°F off
- Estacada, OR 54°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (48.6" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Gravette, AR 48.6" · 0.0" off
- Raeford, NC 48.6" · 0.0" off
- Titusville, FL 48.6" · 0.0" off
- Bamberg, SC 48.5" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Freehold-marlboro's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Freehold-marlboro's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 4,988 annual heating degree days against 1,017 for cooling. Its 43.7°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Freehold-marlboro's frost-free season lasts about 189 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 Freehold-marlboro's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.7°F. The annual average is 54°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Freehold-marlboro carries 48.6 inches of precipitation in a normal year, inside PlainClimate's wet range. Snowfall is not added to the interpretation because its annual value is missing. That distinction matters because a wet annual total can arrive as rain, snow, or a mixture at different times.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Freehold-marlboro'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 Freehold-marlboro, not an official NOAA class or a year-ahead forecast.
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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 Freehold-marlboro's primary station: FREEHOLD-MARLBORO (USC00283181). 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 Freehold-marlboro; 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 Freehold-marlboro 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.