West Milford climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of West Milford?

West Milford has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,179 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in West Milford?

The hottest day measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1995, reaching 38.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in West Milford?

The coldest day measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1967, at -27.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in West Milford?

Yes. West Milford gets on average 95.3 cm of snow per year and has around 105 frost days.

Q: Has the climate of West Milford warmed?

Yes: West Milford warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in West Milford?

The wettest day measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1999, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in West Milford?

The windiest day measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in West Milford?

The warmest month in West Milford is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in West Milford?

West Milford receives on average 1,179 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in West Milford?

West Milford gets on average 8.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,175 hours per year over 1940-2025.

West Milford (United States) has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Dfa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,179 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 (22.8 °C on average) and the coldest is January (-2.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in July.

West Milford averages 105 frost days, 20 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

West Milford 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 118 to 92 per year over the period.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.8 °C (on 15 July 1995) and the coldest -27.1 °C (on 13 February 1967).

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

West MilfordNew Jersey

coords: 41.13°, -74.37°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

DfaHot-summer humid continentalWarmest monthJulyColdest monthJanuaryWettest monthJulyDriest monthFebruary

Mean daily temperature

10.3°C

Average daily high

15.0°C

Average daily low

6.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,179mm

Sunshine / day

8.7h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

15.8km/h

Seasonal range

25.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

105 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

20 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

95.3 cm

Average feels-like high

13.4 °C

Average feels-like low

3.4 °C

Average peak gust

38.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

21 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 = 0.44 · 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

38.8 °C

15 July 1995

Coldest day

-27.1 °C

13 February 1967

Wettest day

168 mm

16 September 1999

Windiest day

47.2 km/h

25 November 1950

Strongest gust

143.6 km/h

25 November 1950

Hottest feels-like

43.6 °C

26 August 1948

Coldest feels-like

-31.9 °C

13 February 1967

Snowiest day

34.9 cm

14 March 2017

Sunniest day

14.3 h

17 June 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	36.0 °C29 July 2025	-18.1 °C22 January 2025	11.1 °C	1,058 mm	25	106
2024	35.6 °C16 July 2024	-15.9 °C23 December 2024	12.1 °C	1,154 mm	27	76
2023	33.9 °C2 June 2023	-18.9 °C4 February 2023	12.1 °C	1,435 mm	17	77
2022	35.3 °C4 August 2022	-19.0 °C31 January 2022	11.5 °C	1,169 mm	41	104
2021	34.9 °C30 June 2021	-12.4 °C12 February 2021	11.8 °C	1,371 mm	27	95
2020	34.9 °C27 July 2020	-16.3 °C19 December 2020	12.0 °C	1,084 mm	35	72
2019	34.8 °C21 July 2019	-19.4 °C31 January 2019	11.0 °C	1,308 mm	20	107
2018	35.1 °C2 July 2018	-17.9 °C7 January 2018	11.2 °C	1,529 mm	27	100
2017	32.8 °C18 May 2017	-14.9 °C27 December 2017	11.4 °C	1,164 mm	16	90
2016	34.2 °C13 August 2016	-20.2 °C14 February 2016	11.9 °C	959 mm	39	90
2015	35.0 °C8 September 2015	-22.9 °C24 February 2015	11.2 °C	982 mm	33	99
2014	32.1 °C6 September 2014	-22.1 °C4 January 2014	9.9 °C	1,048 mm	10	112
2013	34.7 °C19 July 2013	-16.3 °C17 December 2013	10.6 °C	1,055 mm	21	112
2012	37.7 °C18 July 2012	-13.6 °C22 January 2012	12.3 °C	1,009 mm	35	79
2011	38.8 °C22 July 2011	-21.8 °C24 January 2011	11.5 °C	1,650 mm	28	95
2010	38.7 °C7 July 2010	-13.3 °C30 January 2010	11.8 °C	1,199 mm	44	95
2009	32.5 °C26 April 2009	-19.0 °C17 January 2009	10.3 °C	1,144 mm	10	96
2008	36.1 °C10 June 2008	-14.5 °C11 February 2008	10.8 °C	1,323 mm	21	102
2007	35.1 °C26 June 2007	-15.6 °C26 January 2007	11.0 °C	1,080 mm	29	109
2006	37.0 °C2 August 2006	-13.2 °C16 January 2006	11.8 °C	1,250 mm	28	80
2005	36.7 °C27 July 2005	-20.2 °C29 January 2005	11.1 °C	1,244 mm	42	105
2004	33.9 °C9 June 2004	-19.6 °C15 January 2004	10.4 °C	1,173 mm	9	103
2003	32.5 °C26 June 2003	-21.0 °C18 January 2003	9.6 °C	1,433 mm	13	114
2002	35.9 °C2 August 2002	-10.6 °C14 February 2002	11.4 °C	1,067 mm	40	90
2001	37.3 °C9 August 2001	-16.8 °C23 January 2001	11.1 °C	802 mm	19	107
2000	31.9 °C8 May 2000	-18.9 °C30 January 2000	9.8 °C	1,073 mm	10	102
1999	36.1 °C6 July 1999	-16.5 °C2 January 1999	11.1 °C	1,142 mm	27	96
1998	34.0 °C22 July 1998	-17.9 °C1 January 1998	11.9 °C	1,026 mm	23	76
1997	35.0 °C15 July 1997	-20.3 °C19 January 1997	10.2 °C	978 mm	22	108
1996	33.3 °C20 May 1996	-19.8 °C5 February 1996	9.7 °C	1,529 mm	4	103
1995	38.8 °C15 July 1995	-18.3 °C13 December 1995	10.7 °C	1,025 mm	28	108
1994	33.7 °C19 June 1994	-23.1 °C27 January 1994	10.3 °C	1,375 mm	13	101
1993	37.1 °C10 July 1993	-21.6 °C7 February 1993	10.5 °C	1,218 mm	34	103
1992	31.7 °C14 July 1992	-14.8 °C19 January 1992	9.7 °C	1,145 mm	5	110
1991	35.9 °C20 July 1991	-17.1 °C14 January 1991	11.6 °C	1,148 mm	35	94
1990	33.8 °C4 July 1990	-18.8 °C26 February 1990	11.5 °C	1,251 mm	11	87
1989	33.0 °C4 August 1989	-18.7 °C19 December 1989	9.9 °C	1,453 mm	13	115
1988	36.0 °C17 July 1988	-24.7 °C11 January 1988	10.2 °C	1,005 mm	40	104
1987	33.3 °C30 May 1987	-20.8 °C28 January 1987	10.3 °C	1,253 mm	23	108
1986	33.8 °C7 July 1986	-18.1 °C29 January 1986	10.2 °C	1,268 mm	8	111
1985	32.8 °C14 August 1985	-21.5 °C21 January 1985	10.4 °C	1,026 mm	7	105
1984	33.9 °C13 June 1984	-26.5 °C22 January 1984	10.3 °C	1,362 mm	12	100
1983	35.6 °C11 September 1983	-17.3 °C10 February 1983	10.6 °C	1,541 mm	41	92
1982	34.5 °C19 July 1982	-21.9 °C18 January 1982	10.0 °C	957 mm	9	115
1981	34.3 °C9 July 1981	-24.2 °C13 January 1981	10.3 °C	922 mm	24	102
1980	36.9 °C21 July 1980	-21.4 °C25 December 1980	10.0 °C	937 mm	36	112
1979	32.2 °C10 May 1979	-25.7 °C18 February 1979	10.0 °C	1,422 mm	7	100
1978	35.2 °C23 July 1978	-18.7 °C20 February 1978	9.1 °C	1,280 mm	9	120
1977	35.1 °C19 July 1977	-19.7 °C18 January 1977	10.1 °C	1,314 mm	20	107
1976	31.9 °C19 April 1976	-20.9 °C23 January 1976	9.7 °C	1,094 mm	15	120
1975	34.9 °C2 August 1975	-17.9 °C24 December 1975	10.7 °C	1,305 mm	8	104
1974	33.7 °C14 July 1974	-19.6 °C10 February 1974	10.2 °C	1,210 mm	17	111
1973	34.0 °C28 August 1973	-16.5 °C17 February 1973	10.9 °C	1,348 mm	18	88
1972	32.7 °C19 July 1972	-18.9 °C23 February 1972	9.5 °C	1,570 mm	14	115
1971	34.7 °C8 July 1971	-18.0 °C1 February 1971	10.3 °C	1,155 mm	22	106
1970	32.8 °C23 September 1970	-19.3 °C14 February 1970	10.0 °C	1,006 mm	22	118
1969	32.9 °C28 June 1969	-17.4 °C25 December 1969	9.8 °C	1,329 mm	12	122
1968	35.1 °C17 July 1968	-20.2 °C9 January 1968	9.8 °C	1,053 mm	27	111
1967	33.0 °C16 June 1967	-27.1 °C13 February 1967	9.3 °C	1,193 mm	7	113
1966	38.5 °C3 July 1966	-20.0 °C20 February 1966	10.0 °C	923 mm	31	106
1965	34.8 °C14 July 1965	-22.5 °C15 January 1965	9.6 °C	753 mm	20	120
1964	35.8 °C1 July 1964	-17.3 °C28 February 1964	9.9 °C	938 mm	17	114
1963	35.4 °C1 July 1963	-20.9 °C8 February 1963	9.4 °C	1,000 mm	18	116
1962	34.0 °C8 July 1962	-21.8 °C11 February 1962	9.1 °C	1,046 mm	14	123
1961	32.6 °C2 July 1961	-23.4 °C22 January 1961	9.7 °C	1,180 mm	17	116
1960	31.6 °C29 August 1960	-21.1 °C28 December 1960	9.4 °C	1,227 mm	2	125
1959	33.3 °C15 August 1959	-16.1 °C20 February 1959	10.7 °C	1,273 mm	29	111
1958	32.4 °C2 July 1958	-20.9 °C22 December 1958	9.1 °C	1,271 mm	6	107
1957	34.5 °C22 July 1957	-23.2 °C15 January 1957	10.7 °C	977 mm	20	105
1956	33.6 °C14 June 1956	-16.6 °C1 March 1956	9.7 °C	1,122 mm	14	112
1955	36.2 °C5 August 1955	-19.3 °C3 February 1955	10.5 °C	1,233 mm	31	111
1954	36.3 °C31 July 1954	-20.7 °C14 January 1954	10.3 °C	1,136 mm	15	113
1953	37.7 °C2 September 1953	-11.9 °C2 February 1953	11.3 °C	1,199 mm	30	87
1952	36.4 °C26 June 1952	-16.8 °C30 January 1952	10.5 °C	1,336 mm	26	106
1951	32.4 °C27 July 1951	-20.2 °C17 December 1951	10.2 °C	1,277 mm	8	100
1950	31.8 °C26 June 1950	-22.4 °C28 December 1950	9.5 °C	1,107 mm	8	122
1949	35.6 °C10 August 1949	-20.1 °C20 March 1949	11.2 °C	1,061 mm	31	99
1948	36.1 °C26 August 1948	-21.9 °C19 January 1948	9.6 °C	1,185 mm	15	110
1947	33.5 °C15 August 1947	-15.5 °C5 February 1947	9.9 °C	1,123 mm	11	123
1946	33.1 °C19 July 1946	-16.8 °C23 January 1946	10.5 °C	1,023 mm	9	94
1945	32.3 °C30 June 1945	-21.1 °C25 January 1945	9.8 °C	1,553 mm	6	107
1944	34.5 °C5 August 1944	-21.3 °C22 December 1944	9.6 °C	1,216 mm	26	127
1943	32.9 °C25 June 1943	-26.6 °C16 February 1943	9.2 °C	1,029 mm	9	133
1942	32.1 °C19 July 1942	-24.9 °C11 January 1942	9.4 °C	1,314 mm	3	125
1941	33.1 °C2 July 1941	-18.5 °C10 February 1941	9.7 °C	958 mm	8	120
1940	32.7 °C26 July 1940	-18.3 °C20 January 1940	8.6 °C	1,315 mm	3	131

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

15.8 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

25 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

106 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1058 mm

-121 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	1.0 °C	-0.5 °C	31 mm	-55 mm
Feb	3.2 °C	+0.2 °C	80 mm	+0 mm
Mar	12.2 °C	+4.2 °C	101 mm	-1 mm
Apr	16.2 °C	+1.5 °C	101 mm	+1 mm
May	19.6 °C	-0.7 °C	205 mm	+96 mm
Jun	25.9 °C	+0.8 °C	69 mm	-29 mm
Jul	29.6 °C	+1.9 °C	120 mm	+8 mm
Aug	26.7 °C	0.0 °C	36 mm	-72 mm
Sep	24.9 °C	+2.2 °C	73 mm	-27 mm
Oct	17.5 °C	+0.8 °C	106 mm	+12 mm
Nov	9.9 °C	-0.3 °C	59 mm	-34 mm
Dec	2.3 °C	-1.6 °C	76 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.0 °C

29 Jul 2025

Coldest day

-18.1 °C

22 Jan 2025

Wettest day

39.2 mm

31 May 2025

Windiest day

33.2 km/h

31 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

79.2 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

24 Jun 2025

Coldest feels-like

-23.6 °C

22 Jan 2025

Snowiest day

8.4 cm

12 Apr 2025

Sunniest day

14.2 h

24 Jun 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of West Milford?

West Milford has a hot-summer humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 10.3 °C and it receives 1,179 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in West Milford?

The hottest day measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 15 July 1995, reaching 38.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in West Milford?

The coldest day measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1967, at -27.1 °C.

Does it snow in West Milford?

Yes. West Milford gets on average 95.3 cm of snow per year and has around 105 frost days.

Has the climate of West Milford warmed?

Yes: West Milford warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in West Milford?

The wettest day measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1999, with 168 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in West Milford?

The windiest day measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 25 November 1950, with winds reaching 47.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in West Milford?

The warmest month in West Milford is July (22.8 °C on average); the coldest is January (-2.4 °C).

How much does it rain in West Milford?

West Milford receives on average 1,179 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in West Milford?

West Milford 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 West Milford?

The heaviest 24-hour snowfall measured in West Milford between 1940 and 2025 was 14 March 2017, with 34.9 cm.

Are there tropical nights in West Milford?

Yes: West Milford has on average 21 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in West Milford?

In West Milford, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.6 °C on 26 August 1948, and the lowest was -31.9 °C on 13 February 1967.

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