Cliffside Park climate — normals and trends
Cliffside Park (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,098 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is July (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Cliffside Park averages 75 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Cliffside Park has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 86 to 64 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.3 °C (on 6 July 2010) and the coldest -23.8 °C (on 18 February 1979).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
Cliffside ParkNew Jersey
- coords
- 40.82°, -73.99°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.1°C
Average daily high
15.7°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,098mm
Sunshine / day
8.8h
Mean relative humidity
71%
Average peak wind
17.4km/h
Seasonal range
25.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
20 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
61.1 cm
Average feels-like high
14.4 °C
Average feels-like low
6.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
54 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
39.3 °C
6 July 2010
Coldest day
-23.8 °C
18 February 1979
Wettest day
141 mm
14 September 1944
Windiest day
60.6 km/h
29 October 2012
Strongest gust
135.4 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
42.2 °C
8 July 1993
Coldest feels-like
-29.8 °C
18 February 1979
Snowiest day
30.7 cm
23 January 2016
Sunniest day
14.1 h
20 June 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 °C | -0.7 °C | 31 mm | -52 mm |
| Feb | 4.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 78 mm | -2 mm |
| Mar | 11.9 °C | +3.5 °C | 102 mm | 0 mm |
| Apr | 16.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 91 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 20.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 155 mm | +60 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +1.1 °C | 61 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 30.3 °C | +2.0 °C | 134 mm | +32 mm |
| Aug | 26.4 °C | -0.8 °C | 39 mm | -60 mm |
| Sep | 24.5 °C | +1.1 °C | 73 mm | -14 mm |
| Oct | 18.2 °C | +0.7 °C | 94 mm | +8 mm |
| Nov | 11.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 56 mm | -34 mm |
| Dec | 3.7 °C | -1.7 °C | 72 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cliffside Park?
Cliffside Park has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.1 °C and it receives 1,098 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cliffside Park?
The hottest day measured in Cliffside Park between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2010, reaching 39.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cliffside Park?
The coldest day measured in Cliffside Park between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1979, at -23.8 °C.
Does it snow in Cliffside Park?
Yes. Cliffside Park gets on average 61.1 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Cliffside Park warmed?
Yes: Cliffside Park warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cliffside Park?
The wettest day measured in Cliffside Park between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1944, with 141 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cliffside Park?
The windiest day measured in Cliffside Park between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2012, with winds reaching 60.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cliffside Park?
The warmest month in Cliffside Park is July (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Cliffside Park?
Cliffside Park receives on average 1,098 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cliffside Park?
Cliffside Park gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Cliffside Park?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Cliffside Park between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2016, with 30.7 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Cliffside Park?
Yes: Cliffside Park has on average 54 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cliffside Park?
In Cliffside Park, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.2 °C on 8 July 1993, and the lowest was -29.8 °C on 18 February 1979.
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