Long Branch climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Long Branch?

Long Branch has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 1,162 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Long Branch?

The hottest day measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2025, reaching 34.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Long Branch?

The coldest day measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -18.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Long Branch?

Yes. Long Branch gets on average 49.3 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of Long Branch warmed?

Yes: Long Branch warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Long Branch?

The wettest day measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1944, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Long Branch?

The windiest day measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2012, with winds reaching 80.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Long Branch?

The warmest month in Long Branch is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Long Branch?

Long Branch receives on average 1,162 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Long Branch?

Long Branch gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Long Branch (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 1,162 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 (23.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Long Branch averages 58 frost days, 6 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 121 rainy days per year.

Long Branch has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The number of frost days there went from about 67 to 49 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.9 °C (on 24 June 2025) and the coldest -18.9 °C (on 21 January 1985).

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

Long BranchNew Jersey

coords: 40.30°, -73.99°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CfaHumid subtropicalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthMarchDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

12.3°C

Average daily high

15.4°C

Average daily low

9.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,162mm

Sunshine / day

8.9h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

23.5km/h

Seasonal range

22.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

58 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

6 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

121 d/yr

Annual snowfall

49.3 cm

Average feels-like high

13.7 °C

Average feels-like low

6.5 °C

Average peak gust

39.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

56 d/yr

Solar radiation

14.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · p = < 0.001

19402025

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

34.9 °C

24 June 2025

Coldest day

-18.9 °C

21 January 1985

Wettest day

137 mm

14 September 1944

Windiest day

80.9 km/h

29 October 2012

Strongest gust

151.2 km/h

29 October 2012

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

24 June 2025

Coldest feels-like

-27.9 °C

21 January 1985

Snowiest day

38.0 cm

23 January 2016

Sunniest day

14.1 h

8 June 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	34.9 °C24 June 2025	-9.9 °C22 January 2025	13.0 °C	1,044 mm	10	57
2024	32.1 °C16 July 2024	-9.0 °C23 December 2024	13.7 °C	1,152 mm	7	39
2023	32.2 °C27 July 2023	-12.3 °C4 February 2023	13.9 °C	1,284 mm	6	17
2022	32.7 °C9 August 2022	-12.2 °C24 December 2022	13.4 °C	1,151 mm	14	60
2021	31.5 °C14 August 2021	-7.4 °C8 February 2021	13.7 °C	1,297 mm	12	42
2020	32.1 °C27 July 2020	-7.9 °C15 February 2020	13.8 °C	1,320 mm	9	30
2019	33.8 °C21 July 2019	-14.4 °C31 January 2019	13.1 °C	1,315 mm	10	50
2018	31.8 °C29 August 2018	-15.0 °C7 January 2018	13.1 °C	1,652 mm	13	49
2017	31.1 °C20 July 2017	-10.6 °C9 January 2017	13.4 °C	1,214 mm	5	46
2016	33.1 °C14 August 2016	-14.7 °C14 February 2016	13.5 °C	1,025 mm	11	45
2015	31.1 °C23 June 2015	-15.6 °C20 February 2015	13.0 °C	1,060 mm	6	65
2014	30.5 °C18 June 2014	-14.2 °C23 January 2014	11.9 °C	1,165 mm	2	70
2013	32.3 °C19 July 2013	-9.9 °C23 January 2013	12.5 °C	1,053 mm	9	51
2012	34.0 °C18 July 2012	-9.5 °C4 January 2012	14.1 °C	1,011 mm	12	20
2011	34.1 °C23 July 2011	-12.7 °C24 January 2011	13.4 °C	1,331 mm	13	60
2010	33.5 °C6 July 2010	-8.5 °C30 January 2010	13.3 °C	1,133 mm	25	65
2009	31.1 °C10 August 2009	-12.3 °C17 January 2009	12.3 °C	1,391 mm	1	66
2008	32.0 °C9 June 2008	-10.2 °C11 February 2008	12.9 °C	1,213 mm	6	53
2007	32.8 °C8 August 2007	-11.4 °C5 February 2007	12.7 °C	1,146 mm	4	58
2006	33.3 °C3 August 2006	-8.6 °C19 February 2006	13.4 °C	1,316 mm	8	38
2005	32.8 °C27 July 2005	-13.9 °C28 January 2005	12.5 °C	1,246 mm	12	62
2004	29.0 °C20 August 2004	-16.0 °C16 January 2004	12.1 °C	1,237 mm	0	67
2003	31.0 °C5 July 2003	-12.9 °C28 January 2003	11.5 °C	1,521 mm	6	67
2002	32.7 °C29 July 2002	-5.9 °C5 March 2002	13.3 °C	1,149 mm	16	46
2001	33.3 °C9 August 2001	-9.6 °C3 January 2001	13.0 °C	901 mm	8	53
2000	30.9 °C10 July 2000	-13.3 °C18 January 2000	12.0 °C	1,036 mm	2	71
1999	34.4 °C5 July 1999	-10.2 °C2 January 1999	13.1 °C	1,059 mm	14	49
1998	32.7 °C22 July 1998	-7.4 °C1 January 1998	13.6 °C	1,046 mm	6	23
1997	31.3 °C15 July 1997	-13.9 °C19 January 1997	12.3 °C	1,025 mm	9	44
1996	29.4 °C2 September 1996	-15.9 °C5 February 1996	11.7 °C	1,430 mm	0	58
1995	33.5 °C15 July 1995	-12.8 °C6 February 1995	12.5 °C	940 mm	8	59
1994	31.4 °C19 June 1994	-17.3 °C19 January 1994	12.5 °C	1,119 mm	4	59
1993	33.6 °C10 July 1993	-11.8 °C2 February 1993	12.4 °C	1,121 mm	10	57
1992	31.6 °C14 July 1992	-9.7 °C19 January 1992	11.7 °C	1,102 mm	4	56
1991	33.0 °C23 July 1991	-10.2 °C22 January 1991	13.4 °C	1,160 mm	11	45
1990	31.2 °C5 July 1990	-11.8 °C26 February 1990	13.3 °C	1,160 mm	2	29
1989	30.8 °C5 August 1989	-13.1 °C23 December 1989	11.9 °C	1,512 mm	5	76
1988	32.7 °C15 August 1988	-16.0 °C15 January 1988	11.7 °C	1,020 mm	7	65
1987	32.6 °C21 July 1987	-12.9 °C16 February 1987	12.2 °C	1,130 mm	6	52
1986	32.1 °C7 July 1986	-12.4 °C15 January 1986	12.4 °C	1,182 mm	3	67
1985	31.0 °C6 September 1985	-18.9 °C21 January 1985	12.6 °C	940 mm	5	67
1984	29.9 °C9 June 1984	-17.5 °C22 January 1984	12.3 °C	1,260 mm	0	53
1983	33.6 °C20 August 1983	-13.7 °C25 December 1983	12.7 °C	1,478 mm	15	43
1982	31.3 °C19 July 1982	-18.3 °C18 January 1982	11.9 °C	980 mm	3	67
1981	32.1 °C9 July 1981	-17.1 °C12 January 1981	11.8 °C	980 mm	5	70
1980	32.2 °C16 July 1980	-15.1 °C25 December 1980	11.9 °C	900 mm	13	74
1979	30.9 °C10 August 1979	-18.4 °C14 February 1979	12.1 °C	1,361 mm	3	56
1978	31.4 °C23 July 1978	-11.5 °C20 February 1978	11.2 °C	1,321 mm	3	81
1977	31.2 °C19 July 1977	-16.7 °C17 January 1977	12.1 °C	1,295 mm	5	66
1976	30.1 °C23 August 1976	-15.8 °C23 January 1976	11.9 °C	972 mm	1	73
1975	33.6 °C2 August 1975	-7.9 °C24 December 1975	13.0 °C	1,341 mm	4	50
1974	32.0 °C9 July 1974	-9.8 °C5 February 1974	12.7 °C	1,038 mm	6	43
1973	32.1 °C28 August 1973	-11.3 °C17 February 1973	13.0 °C	1,296 mm	7	42
1972	31.6 °C23 July 1972	-12.5 °C16 January 1972	11.7 °C	1,517 mm	3	58
1971	30.5 °C9 July 1971	-13.2 °C2 February 1971	12.2 °C	1,158 mm	1	57
1970	30.0 °C2 August 1970	-14.9 °C9 January 1970	11.9 °C	991 mm	3	75
1969	31.6 °C17 July 1969	-10.1 °C14 February 1969	11.7 °C	1,258 mm	5	79
1968	32.0 °C25 August 1968	-16.0 °C9 January 1968	11.4 °C	1,070 mm	6	72
1967	29.2 °C24 July 1967	-15.0 °C13 February 1967	10.9 °C	1,154 mm	0	64
1966	33.1 °C4 July 1966	-13.5 °C29 January 1966	11.4 °C	1,021 mm	9	65
1965	30.6 °C29 June 1965	-13.8 °C15 January 1965	11.3 °C	743 mm	3	73
1964	30.8 °C30 June 1964	-13.1 °C15 January 1964	11.6 °C	1,072 mm	3	70
1963	31.7 °C27 July 1963	-13.7 °C8 February 1963	11.3 °C	926 mm	4	73
1962	29.3 °C20 August 1962	-13.6 °C11 February 1962	11.3 °C	1,079 mm	0	68
1961	29.9 °C1 September 1961	-17.9 °C2 February 1961	11.6 °C	1,290 mm	0	63
1960	30.3 °C3 August 1960	-12.7 °C24 December 1960	11.6 °C	1,168 mm	1	81
1959	31.9 °C30 June 1959	-12.3 °C2 February 1959	12.4 °C	1,151 mm	2	67
1958	29.7 °C10 August 1958	-14.9 °C18 February 1958	11.1 °C	1,401 mm	0	67
1957	33.5 °C22 July 1957	-13.7 °C15 January 1957	12.6 °C	968 mm	7	49
1956	30.7 °C2 July 1956	-8.0 °C22 February 1956	11.7 °C	1,237 mm	2	56
1955	32.8 °C2 August 1955	-14.9 °C3 February 1955	12.1 °C	1,030 mm	12	71
1954	32.0 °C31 July 1954	-13.9 °C18 January 1954	12.3 °C	1,063 mm	4	55
1953	32.8 °C31 August 1953	-7.5 °C18 December 1953	13.1 °C	1,248 mm	11	34
1952	32.6 °C26 June 1952	-11.8 °C30 January 1952	12.7 °C	1,251 mm	9	42
1951	30.0 °C27 July 1951	-10.3 °C17 December 1951	12.6 °C	1,124 mm	1	56
1950	29.6 °C30 July 1950	-12.2 °C21 February 1950	12.0 °C	1,144 mm	0	54
1949	33.6 °C28 July 1949	-6.2 °C19 March 1949	13.4 °C	916 mm	17	46
1948	33.3 °C26 August 1948	-15.8 °C31 January 1948	11.8 °C	1,313 mm	5	61
1947	31.1 °C15 August 1947	-10.9 °C5 February 1947	12.1 °C	1,017 mm	1	70
1946	29.4 °C19 July 1946	-10.2 °C20 January 1946	12.7 °C	964 mm	0	47
1945	31.4 °C30 June 1945	-15.6 °C25 January 1945	12.2 °C	1,276 mm	1	64
1944	31.8 °C5 August 1944	-8.6 °C9 January 1944	12.2 °C	1,324 mm	8	62
1943	30.6 °C25 June 1943	-14.5 °C15 February 1943	11.9 °C	1,060 mm	3	72
1942	30.9 °C19 July 1942	-14.6 °C21 December 1942	12.0 °C	1,243 mm	2	64
1941	32.2 °C28 July 1941	-9.7 °C14 January 1941	11.9 °C	993 mm	2	78
1940	31.6 °C26 July 1940	-12.3 °C20 January 1940	11.0 °C	1,220 mm	4	74

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

15.9 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

10 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

57 d/yr

-1

Annual rainfall

1044 mm

-118 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	2.8 °C	-1.3 °C	33 mm	-63 mm
Feb	5.3 °C	+0.4 °C	95 mm	+5 mm
Mar	11.3 °C	+2.9 °C	106 mm	-8 mm
Apr	15.0 °C	+1.7 °C	107 mm	+7 mm
May	18.9 °C	+0.6 °C	138 mm	+41 mm
Jun	24.7 °C	+1.2 °C	77 mm	-3 mm
Jul	28.2 °C	+1.6 °C	142 mm	+51 mm
Aug	25.1 °C	-0.9 °C	39 mm	-63 mm
Sep	23.6 °C	+0.8 °C	72 mm	-21 mm
Oct	18.2 °C	+0.6 °C	106 mm	+12 mm
Nov	12.1 °C	0.0 °C	52 mm	-45 mm
Dec	5.1 °C	-1.6 °C	77 mm	-31 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest day

-9.9 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

39.5 mm

17 Mar 2025

Windiest day

45.6 km/h

13 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

101.9 km/h

5 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.3 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-16.3 °C

21 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

8.9 cm

14 Dec 2025

Sunniest day

14.1 h

3 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Long Branch?

Long Branch has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 12.3 °C and it receives 1,162 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Long Branch?

The hottest day measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 2025, reaching 34.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Long Branch?

The coldest day measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1985, at -18.9 °C.

Does it snow in Long Branch?

Yes. Long Branch gets on average 49.3 cm of snow per year and has around 58 frost days.

Has the climate of Long Branch warmed?

Yes: Long Branch warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Long Branch?

The wettest day measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 1944, with 137 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Long Branch?

The windiest day measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2012, with winds reaching 80.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Long Branch?

The warmest month in Long Branch is July (23.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Long Branch?

Long Branch receives on average 1,162 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 121 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Long Branch?

Long Branch gets on average 8.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,249 hours per year over 1940-2025.

What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Long Branch?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Long Branch between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2016, with 38.0 cm.

Are there tropical nights in Long Branch?

Yes: Long Branch has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Long Branch?

In Long Branch, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.3 °C on 24 June 2025, and the lowest was -27.9 °C on 21 January 1985.

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