Toms River, NJ Climate: Temperature & Rain 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 Toms River's primary NOAA station, TOMS RIVER.
The climate verdict for Toms River
Water is the standout signal in Toms River, New Jersey: 52.0 inches of precipitation in a normal year. Against that wet profile, NOAA records an annual average of 53°F. At 52/100 (moderate) the climate comfort score falls in the bottom third of the station-mapped U.S. score corpus, exceeding only 24% of scores.
- 53°F
- annual average temperature (NOAA normal)
- 52/100
- comfort score, above 24% of station-mapped location scores
- 52.0"
- annual precipitation
- 180 days
- frost-free growing season
Toms River: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00288816 · Toms River, NJ 53°F mean · 52.0" precip
TEMP-COOL · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-WET · SWING-MID · COMF-LOW · LOAD-HEAT · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-COOL 53°F
- RANK-MID #3,568
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Mt WX
- PRCP-WET 52.0"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-LOW 52/100
- LOAD-HEAT 5,328 HDD
- STN-1 USC00288816
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Mt WX, VA (+ 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.
- Toms River (this station) 53°F
- Cold Romney, WV 53°F
- Hot Mt WX, VA 53°F
- Near Lovelock, NV 53°F
- Near Stamford, CT 53°F
Climate Living Index · Toms River
Toms River: 50/100 · grade D
Toms River publishes 4 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 2 missing weights rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Toms River, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 52/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 134 calendar days | 56/100 · C |
| Annual temperature balance | 52.7°F · 14.8° from 67.5°F | 52/100 · D |
| Frost-free season | 180 days/year | 50/100 · D |
| Precipitation balance | 52.0 in · 17.0 from 35 in | 39/100 · F |
Toms River · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Toms River is a continental Köppen climate: Dfa
Coldest-month mean 31.6°F and warmest-month mean 74.8°F place this station in continental, no dry season, hot summer climates (Dfa). Class Dfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: continental, specifically continental, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Dfa
- Group
- Continental
- Warmest month
- 74.8°F
- Coldest month
- 31.6°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 Toms River sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Toms River's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- 52nd percentile warmth
- Mid-pack annual mean versus 6,861 station normals.
- Annual precipitation
- Top 15% wettest
- Toms River's annual total ranks in the wetter third of 6,352 measured normals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 49th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Toms River compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Toms River's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
52 24th percentile score exceeds 24% 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%). This entry sits in this band.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Above this entry.
- 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
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) | 22°F (-6°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 4.4" | 25.1 | 0.0 |
| February | 45°F (7°C) | 22°F (-6°C) | 33°F (1°C) | 3.2" | 24.1 | 0.0 |
| March | 51°F (11°C) | 28°F (-2°C) | 40°F (4°C) | 4.9" | 18.7 | 0.0 |
| April | 62°F (17°C) | 38°F (4°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 3.8" | 6.4 | 0.5 |
| May | 71°F (22°C) | 49°F (9°C) | 60°F (16°C) | 3.6" | 0.2 | 1.5 |
| June | 80°F (27°C) | 58°F (14°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 3.9" | 0.0 | 5.0 |
| July | 86°F (30°C) | 64°F (18°C) | 75°F (24°C) | 4.5" | 0.0 | 8.8 |
| August | 84°F (29°C) | 62°F (17°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 5.0" | 0.0 | 6.6 |
| September | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 4.7" | 0.0 | 1.5 |
| October | 67°F (19°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 54°F (12°C) | 4.5" | 3.1 | 0.1 |
| November | 56°F (13°C) | 32°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 3.7" | 14.4 | 0.0 |
| December | 47°F (8°C) | 27°F (-3°C) | 37°F (3°C) | 5.8" | 24.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Summer here tops out rather than builds: the warmest normal high is 86°F around July 14, short of 90°F on every date, while 134 dates carry a normal low at or below freezing, the coldest 20°F near January 29.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into March 29, then returns to freezing around November 17, covering 134 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 March 26, when 30% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is October 26 at 23%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 99 wet dates a year.
The widest day
October 14 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 25°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Toms River.
Where Toms River Stands Nationally
The normal water year runs well above the national norm at roughly 52 inches.
Toms River 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
8.2 days with precipitation
6.6 days with precipitation
9.3 days with precipitation
8.7 days with precipitation
9.1 days with precipitation
8.1 days with precipitation
8.0 days with precipitation
7.9 days with precipitation
7.6 days with precipitation
6.9 days with precipitation
7.7 days with precipitation
8.9 days with precipitation
Toms River spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 26% of the annual total and December through February 26%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Toms River has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 43.2°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: December averages 5.8" and February 3.2". The three wettest months together take 30% 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 Toms River, it arrives in quantity
52.0" of precipitation falls across only about 97 wet days here, averaging 0.54 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 97 a year, 27% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.54 inches
- Most wet days
- March, about 9
- Fewest wet days
- February, about 7
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 20
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
April 23
50% probability date
Growing Season
180 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
5,328
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
861
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside NJ closest to Toms River 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 (53°F here).
- Belleville, KS 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Cambridge, OH 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Cheyenne Wells, CO 53°F · 0.0°F off
- Cubero, NM 53°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (52.0" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Charlotte, TN 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Ansonia, CT 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Jonesboro, AR 52.0" · 0.0" off
- Forest City, NC 52.1" · 0.0" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Toms River's climate pattern fits together
heating led · wet · mid swing
Toms River's energy balance leans toward cold weather: 5,328 annual heating degree days against 861 for cooling. Its 43.2°F seasonal range still makes the monthly rows more useful than the annual average alone.
Toms River's frost-free season lasts about 180 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 Toms River's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 43.2°F. The annual average is 53°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Alongside its heating load, Toms River carries 52.0 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 Toms River'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 Toms River, 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 Toms River's primary station: TOMS RIVER (USC00288816). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The 2024 Census Gazetteer identifies the exact name-and-state match as a census-designated place (GEOID 3473110), not an incorporated municipality. Match rule for Toms River: exact normalized name + state only, no fuzzy expansion, so nearby differently spelled facilities stay unmatched.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Toms River 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.