Fords climate — normals and trends
Fords (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 1,100 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 (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-0.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Fords averages 75 frost days, 27 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 118 rainy days per year.
Fords 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 84 to 66 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 39.4 °C (on 6 July 2010) and the coldest -24.9 °C (on 22 January 1984).
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
FordsNew Jersey
- coords
- 40.53°, -74.32°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
12.4°C
Average daily high
16.4°C
Average daily low
8.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,100mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
17.6km/h
Seasonal range
24.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
75 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
27 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
118 d/yr
Annual snowfall
57.4 cm
Average feels-like high
15.0 °C
Average feels-like low
6.3 °C
Average peak gust
35.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
53 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
39.4 °C
6 July 2010
Coldest day
-24.9 °C
22 January 1984
Wettest day
145 mm
14 September 1944
Windiest day
61.9 km/h
29 October 2012
Strongest gust
137.2 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
43.0 °C
23 June 2025
Coldest feels-like
-30.5 °C
22 January 1984
Snowiest day
34.4 cm
23 January 2016
Sunniest day
14.2 h
8 June 2023
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.4 °C | -1.0 °C | 30 mm | -53 mm |
| Feb | 5.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 79 mm | -1 mm |
| Mar | 13.1 °C | +3.8 °C | 95 mm | -8 mm |
| Apr | 17.3 °C | +1.7 °C | 96 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 21.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 144 mm | +48 mm |
| Jun | 27.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 63 mm | -25 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +1.9 °C | 158 mm | +54 mm |
| Aug | 26.8 °C | -0.9 °C | 34 mm | -68 mm |
| Sep | 25.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 75 mm | -13 mm |
| Oct | 18.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 71 mm | -13 mm |
| Nov | 11.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 52 mm | -36 mm |
| Dec | 4.0 °C | -1.9 °C | 70 mm | -23 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Fords?
Fords has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.4 °C and it receives 1,100 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Fords?
The hottest day measured in Fords between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 2010, reaching 39.4 °C.
What is the coldest day in Fords?
The coldest day measured in Fords between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -24.9 °C.
Does it snow in Fords?
Yes. Fords gets on average 57.4 cm of snow per year and has around 75 frost days.
Has the climate of Fords warmed?
Yes: Fords warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Fords?
The wettest day measured in Fords between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1944, with 145 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Fords?
The windiest day measured in Fords between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2012, with winds reaching 61.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Fords?
The warmest month in Fords is July (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is January (-0.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Fords?
Fords receives on average 1,100 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 118 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Fords?
Fords gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Fords?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Fords between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2016, with 34.4 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Fords?
Yes: Fords has on average 53 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Fords?
In Fords, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.0 °C on 23 June 2025, and the lowest was -30.5 °C on 22 January 1984.
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