Toms River, New Jersey climate: Normal weather by month, frost dates and records
Toms River's normal year runs from 22°F January nights to 86°F July afternoons, with 52.0 inches of precipitation a year. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a yearly mean of 11.5°C, January lows of −6°C, July highs of 30°C, 1,322 mm of precipitation a year.
- NOAA stationToms River
- Station IDUSC00288816
- Location39.95°N 74.22°W
- Elevation10 ft (3 m)
- Population (census place)93,915
On October 23, the normal high in Toms River is 64°F and the normal low 39°F, and the chance of measurable rain or snow is 24%.
Normals describe a typical year at the station, not a forecast. The National Weather Service forecast for Toms River.
- Jan 42° 22°
- Feb 45° 22°
- Mar 51° 28°
- Apr 62° 38°
- May 71° 49°
- Jun 80° 58°
- Jul 86° 64°
- Aug 84° 62°
- Sep 77° 53°
- Oct 67° 42°
- Nov 56° 32°
- Dec 47° 27°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
What is the weather like in Toms River 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 December (5.81 in), the least in February (3.19 in).
Each month has its own page with the day-by-day normals, the month's records and its recent years:
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. | Wet days | 90°F days | Freezing nights | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42°F | 22°F | 31.6°F | 4.43 | 8 | <1 | 25 | 9 h 40 min |
| February | 45°F | 22°F | 33.2°F | 3.19 | 7 | <1 | 24 | 10 h 40 min |
| March | 51°F | 28°F | 39.7°F | 4.86 | 9 | <1 | 19 | 11 h 50 min |
| April | 62°F | 38°F | 50.0°F | 3.78 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 13 h 10 min |
| May | 71°F | 49°F | 60.1°F | 3.58 | 9 | 2 | <1 | 14 h 20 min |
| June | 80°F | 58°F | 68.9°F | 3.92 | 8 | 5 | <1 | 15 h |
| July | 86°F | 64°F | 74.8°F | 4.49 | 8 | 9 | <1 | 14 h 50 min |
| August | 84°F | 62°F | 73.0°F | 5.02 | 8 | 7 | <1 | 13 h 50 min |
| September | 77°F | 53°F | 65.4°F | 4.68 | 8 | 2 | <1 | 12 h 30 min |
| October | 67°F | 42°F | 54.2°F | 4.54 | 7 | <1 | 3 | 11 h 10 min |
| November | 56°F | 32°F | 44.1°F | 3.74 | 8 | <1 | 14 | 10 h |
| December | 47°F | 27°F | 36.7°F | 5.81 | 9 | <1 | 24 | 9 h 20 min |
| Year (annual) | 64°F | 42°F | 52.7°F | 52.04 | 97 | 24 | 116 |
The same normals in °C and millimetres
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Precip. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5°C | −6°C | −0.2°C | 113 mm |
| February | 7°C | −6°C | 0.7°C | 81 mm |
| March | 11°C | −2°C | 4.3°C | 123 mm |
| April | 17°C | 4°C | 10.0°C | 96 mm |
| May | 22°C | 9°C | 15.6°C | 91 mm |
| June | 27°C | 14°C | 20.5°C | 100 mm |
| July | 30°C | 18°C | 23.8°C | 114 mm |
| August | 29°C | 17°C | 22.8°C | 128 mm |
| September | 25°C | 12°C | 18.6°C | 119 mm |
| October | 19°C | 5°C | 12.3°C | 115 mm |
| November | 13°C | 0°C | 6.7°C | 95 mm |
| December | 8°C | −3°C | 2.6°C | 148 mm |
NOAA publishes no 1991-2020 snowfall normal for this station, and no record within 25 miles keeps one, so snow is left out here rather than estimated.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00288816; 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.
When is the best weather to visit Toms River?
Normal highs sit between 65°F and 85°F in May, June, August, September and October. Of those, October has the fewest days with rain (7).
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 USC00288816.
When is the last frost in Toms River?
In Toms River, the last spring frost (32°F) comes after April 23 in half of years and after May 12 in one year in ten; the first autumn frost comes before October 20 in half of years and before October 8 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 231 year in 10 after May 12; 9 in 10 after April 8
- First autumn frost, half of years before
- October 201 year in 10 before October 8; 9 in 10 before November 1
NOAA puts the median frost-free season at 179 days, and the season without a hard freeze (28°F) at 204 days.
A hard freeze (28°F) comes after April 8 in half of springs and before November 1 in half of autumns.
The USDA's 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Toms River in zone 7a across its 2 ZIP code areas (7a in 08753, the largest). By the map's own method, the average of each year's coldest night over 1991-2020, Toms River's NOAA station is in zone 7a: the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (18 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 USC00288816; 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.
What hardiness zone is each Toms River ZIP code in?
The USDA's 2023 map gives each ZIP code area one zone. Toms River's 2 ZIP code areas are all in zone 7a. Each ZIP's frost dates are in the frost tool.
Source: USDA 2023 Plant Hardiness Zone Map, ZIP listings: PRISM Group, Oregon State University, https://prism.oregonstate.edu, accessed October 8, 2026; ZIP areas in the place: Census Bureau 2020 ZCTA-to-place relationship file. A ZIP area counts when at least a tenth of its land (and 0.5 km²) lies in the place.
How hot and how cold does it get in Toms River?
In a normal year in Toms River, 24 days a year reach 90°F (1 of them 100°F or more), 116 nights fall to 32°F or colder and 97 days bring measurable precipitation.
- Days at 90°F or more
- 24a normal year
- Days at 100°F or more
- 1a normal year
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 116a normal year
- Days that stay below freezing
- 12high of 32°F or less
- Days with 0.01 inch of precipitation
- 97a normal year
The highest temperature in this station's record (since 1887) is 105°F, on July 19, 1999; the lowest is −19°F, on January 17, 1982.
The wettest calendar year on that record is 1979, with 63.76 in; the snowiest season is 2009–10, with 76.0 inches.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 annual normals, station USC00288816; records: ACIS (NOAA Regional Climate Centers), station USC00288816. Records use complete months only; a month missing more than three days is left out.
How sunny is Toms River?
Over a year 75% of the sunlight that would reach the ground under clear skies gets through the clouds in the area around Toms River, 4.1 kWh per square metre a day. July is the sunniest month (82%) and January the cloudiest (68%). Among the 459 U.S. places of 50,000 or more, that ranks tied 304th (with 25 others) in sunshine.
| Month | Share of clear-sky sunshine | Sunshine, kWh/m² a day |
|---|---|---|
| January | 68% | 2.0 |
| February | 71% | 2.9 |
| March | 71% | 3.9 |
| April | 73% | 5.0 |
| May | 73% | 5.5 |
| June | 78% | 6.1 |
| July | 82% | 6.2 |
| August | 80% | 5.4 |
| September | 78% | 4.4 |
| October | 72% | 3.1 |
| November | 73% | 2.3 |
| December | 69% | 1.8 |
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 much heating and cooling does Toms River need?
A normal year in Toms River brings 5,328 heating degree days, 1% fewer than the median U.S. place (5,373), and 861 cooling degree days, 5% fewer 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 3,176 growing degree days a year above 50°F.
| Month | Heating | Cooling |
|---|---|---|
| January | 1,034 | 0 |
| February | 890 | 0 |
| March | 786 | 1 |
| April | 457 | 8 |
| May | 196 | 44 |
| June | 41 | 157 |
| July | 1 | 306 |
| August | 3 | 250 |
| September | 75 | 87 |
| October | 343 | 8 |
| November | 626 | 0 |
| December | 877 | 0 |
| Year (annual) | 5,328 | 861 |
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals, station USC00288816. 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.
How does Toms River's climate compare?
Toms River is warmer than 10 of the other 32 places with their own NOAA record in New Jersey, and wetter than 28. Across the 7,247 U.S. stations with normals, its annual mean of 52.7°F is warmer than 52%.
In the Köppen classification computed from these normals, Toms River 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 Toms River share this climate record?
33 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.
- Lakewood, NJalso near: Freehold (15 mi, 54.0°F a year); Long Branch (18 mi, 53.7°F a year)69,884 people · 10 mi N
- Point Pleasant, NJ19,565 people · 12 mi NE
- Holiday City-Berkeley, NJ12,896 people · 3 mi W
- Beachwood, NJ11,242 people · 2 mi SE
- Pine Lake Park, NJ9,251 people · 4 mi NW
- Crestwood Village, NJ7,951 people · 7 mi W
- Ramtown, NJ6,410 people · 12 mi N
- Leisure Village, NJ6,307 people · 7 mi N
- Forked River, NJ4,988 people · 9 mi S
- Point Pleasant Beach, NJ4,941 people · 13 mi NE
- Brielle, NJ4,938 people · 13 mi NE
- Leisure Village East, NJ4,309 people · 7 mi N
- Holiday City South, NJ4,294 people · 1 mi W
- Leisure Village West, NJ4,070 people · 5 mi NW
- South Toms River, NJ3,756 people · 1 mi SE
- Pine Ridge at Crestwood, NJ2,756 people · 5 mi W
- Leisure Knoll, NJ2,725 people · 6 mi NW
- Lakehurst, NJ2,713 people · 7 mi NW
- Seaside Heights, NJ2,522 people · 7 mi E
- Pine Beach, NJ2,214 people · 3 mi E
- Holiday Heights, NJ2,118 people · 2 mi W
- Seaside Park, NJ2,058 people · 8 mi E
- Ocean Gate, NJ1,987 people · 5 mi E
- Waretown, NJ1,894 people · 11 mi S
- Lavallette, NJ1,854 people · 8 mi E
- Island Heights, NJ1,715 people · 4 mi E
- Cedar Glen West, NJ1,654 people · 7 mi NW
- Dover Beaches North, NJ1,599 people · 8 mi E
- Dover Beaches South, NJ1,520 people · 7 mi E
- Cedar Glen Lakes, NJ1,509 people · 10 mi W
- Silver Ridge, NJ1,176 people · 1 mi NW
- Bay Head, NJ964 people · 12 mi NE
- Mantoloking, NJ340 people · 12 mi NE
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 Toms River's climate
What is the coldest month in Toms River?
January, with a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 22°F. The warmest is July (86°F by day, 64°F at night).
What is the rainiest month in Toms River?
December, with 5.81 in of precipitation in a normal year; the driest is February with 3.19 in.
What plant hardiness zone is Toms River in?
The USDA's 2023 map puts Toms River in zone 7a across its 2 ZIP code areas (7a in 08753, the largest). By the same method at Toms River's NOAA station, the coldest night of a typical year reaches 4°F (18 years, 1991-2020): zone 7a.
How late can frost come in Toms River?
In half of years the last 32°F night comes after April 23; in one year in ten it comes after May 12. Waiting until May 12 leaves about a one-in-ten chance of a later frost.
Nearby and next
- Toms River in OctoberThis month day by day, its records and recent years
- New Jersey climateThe statewide normals and every place in the state
- Freehold, NJ25 miles from this station, 54.0°F a year
- Long Branch, NJ27 miles from this station, 53.7°F a year
- Brant Beach-Beach Haven, NJ27 miles from this station, 54.9°F a year
- Hightstown, NJ29 miles from this station, 52.8°F a year
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