Ocean Acres climate — normals and trends
Ocean Acres (United States) has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,073 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 (25.1 °C on average) and the coldest is January (1.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in August.
Ocean Acres averages 66 frost days, 35 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 117 rainy days per year.
Ocean Acres 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 72 to 60 per year over the period.
The hottest day of the period reached 40.9 °C (on 22 July 2011) and the coldest -21.1 °C (on 22 January 1961).
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
Ocean AcresNew Jersey
- coords
- 39.74°, -74.28°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
13.2°C
Average daily high
17.4°C
Average daily low
9.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,073mm
Sunshine / day
9.0h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
21.3km/h
Seasonal range
23.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
66 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
35 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
117 d/yr
Annual snowfall
41.7 cm
Average feels-like high
15.9 °C
Average feels-like low
6.6 °C
Average peak gust
42.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
56 d/yr
Solar radiation
15.2 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
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
40.9 °C
22 July 2011
Coldest day
-21.1 °C
22 January 1961
Wettest day
131 mm
14 August 1953
Windiest day
72.2 km/h
29 October 2012
Strongest gust
151.9 km/h
29 October 2012
Hottest feels-like
46.0 °C
15 July 1995
Coldest feels-like
-28.4 °C
21 January 1985
Snowiest day
37.5 cm
23 January 2016
Sunniest day
14.1 h
9 June 2016
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 3.5 °C | -1.6 °C | 31 mm | -53 mm |
| Feb | 6.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 66 mm | -14 mm |
| Mar | 13.8 °C | +3.4 °C | 121 mm | +18 mm |
| Apr | 18.1 °C | +2.0 °C | 83 mm | -7 mm |
| May | 22.1 °C | +0.6 °C | 122 mm | +35 mm |
| Jun | 28.6 °C | +1.8 °C | 61 mm | -17 mm |
| Jul | 30.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 165 mm | +70 mm |
| Aug | 27.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 33 mm | -75 mm |
| Sep | 25.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 74 mm | -12 mm |
| Oct | 19.5 °C | +0.4 °C | 71 mm | -12 mm |
| Nov | 13.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 49 mm | -38 mm |
| Dec | 5.7 °C | -1.9 °C | 72 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ocean Acres?
Ocean Acres has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 13.2 °C and it receives 1,073 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ocean Acres?
The hottest day measured in Ocean Acres between 1940 and 2025 was 22 July 2011, reaching 40.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ocean Acres?
The coldest day measured in Ocean Acres between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1961, at -21.1 °C.
Does it snow in Ocean Acres?
Yes. Ocean Acres gets on average 41.7 cm of snow per year and has around 66 frost days.
Has the climate of Ocean Acres warmed?
Yes: Ocean Acres warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ocean Acres?
The wettest day measured in Ocean Acres between 1940 and 2025 was 14 August 1953, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ocean Acres?
The windiest day measured in Ocean Acres between 1940 and 2025 was 29 October 2012, with winds reaching 72.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ocean Acres?
The warmest month in Ocean Acres is July (25.1 °C on average); the coldest is January (1.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Ocean Acres?
Ocean Acres receives on average 1,073 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 117 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ocean Acres?
Ocean Acres gets on average 9.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,285 hours per year over 1940-2025.
What is the biggest single-day snowfall in Ocean Acres?
The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in Ocean Acres between 1940 and 2025 was 23 January 2016, with 37.5 cm.
Are there tropical nights in Ocean Acres?
Yes: Ocean Acres has on average 56 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ocean Acres?
In Ocean Acres, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 46.0 °C on 15 July 1995, and the lowest was -28.4 °C on 21 January 1985.
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