Mahwah climate — normals and trends
Mahwah (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 1,186 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 (23.4 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-1.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.
Mahwah averages 98 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 124 rainy days per year.
Mahwah has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The number of frost days there went from about 110 to 86 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.1 °C (on 18 July 2012) and the coldest -25.2 °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
MahwahNew Jersey
- coords
- 41.09°, -74.14°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
10.9°C
Average daily high
15.6°C
Average daily low
6.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,186mm
Sunshine / day
8.7h
Mean relative humidity
69%
Average peak wind
16.2km/h
Seasonal range
25.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
98 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
24 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
124 d/yr
Annual snowfall
82.7 cm
Average feels-like high
14.0 °C
Average feels-like low
4.1 °C
Average peak gust
38.9 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
28 d/yr
Solar radiation
14.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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
40.1 °C
18 July 2012
Coldest day
-25.2 °C
22 January 1984
Wettest day
174 mm
16 September 1999
Windiest day
51.2 km/h
29 October 2012
Strongest gust
144.4 km/h
25 November 1950
Hottest feels-like
44.1 °C
26 August 1948
Coldest feels-like
-30.2 °C
22 January 1984
Snowiest day
33.3 cm
14 March 2017
Sunniest day
14.2 h
19 June 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 1.5 °C | -0.6 °C | 30 mm | -58 mm |
| Feb | 3.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 84 mm | +2 mm |
| Mar | 12.8 °C | +4.2 °C | 111 mm | +6 mm |
| Apr | 16.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 98 mm | -3 mm |
| May | 20.3 °C | -0.4 °C | 187 mm | +79 mm |
| Jun | 26.6 °C | +1.0 °C | 66 mm | -30 mm |
| Jul | 30.6 °C | +2.3 °C | 118 mm | +4 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | +0.3 °C | 36 mm | -71 mm |
| Sep | 25.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 74 mm | -26 mm |
| Oct | 18.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 100 mm | +7 mm |
| Nov | 10.8 °C | 0.0 °C | 58 mm | -37 mm |
| Dec | 2.9 °C | -1.6 °C | 75 mm | -24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Mahwah?
Mahwah has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.9 °C and it receives 1,186 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mahwah?
The hottest day measured in Mahwah between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 2012, reaching 40.1 °C.
What is the coldest day in Mahwah?
The coldest day measured in Mahwah between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1984, at -25.2 °C.
Does it snow in Mahwah?
Yes. Mahwah gets on average 82.7 cm of snow per year and has around 98 frost days.
Has the climate of Mahwah warmed?
Yes: Mahwah warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Mahwah?
The wettest day measured in Mahwah between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1999, with 174 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Mahwah?
The windiest day measured in Mahwah between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2012, with winds reaching 51.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Mahwah?
The warmest month in Mahwah is July (23.4 °C on average); the coldest is January (-1.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Mahwah?
Mahwah receives on average 1,186 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 124 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Mahwah?
Mahwah 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 Mahwah?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Mahwah between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2017, with 33.3 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Mahwah?
Yes: Mahwah has on average 28 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mahwah?
In Mahwah, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 44.1 °C on 26 August 1948, and the lowest was -30.2 °C on 22 January 1984.
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