#T1Greenwich Township
Gloucester County · 5,026 peopleJuly high·January low 26°·30 days of 90°+ a year
Greenwich Township, #1 on this list · Photo: Smallbones · Public domainNew Jersey rankings · Climate
Towns with the hottest summers in New Jersey
Greenwich Township (tied with 3 more) has the hottest summers of New Jersey’s 367 towns of 2,500+: July afternoons average a high of 88° (NOAA 1991–2020 normals). The typical town here averages 86°; none of the 367 average 90° or more.
The average July high. NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020, from NOAA’s 5 km grid at each town’s center; one town for each grid cell. A described list: no letters. How grades work
#T188°
#T1Paulsboro
Gloucester County · 6,329 peopleJuly high·January low 27°·30 days of 90°+ a year
#T1Pennsauken Township
Camden County · 37,742 peopleJuly high·January low 25°·33 days of 90°+ a year
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July high, highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T = tied; 360 towns here).
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Which New Jersey town has the hottest summers?
Greenwich Township (Gloucester County): July afternoons average a high of 88°. Paulsboro (88°) and Pennsauken Township (88°) follow.
How are these towns ranked?
By the average July high (the warmest month’s afternoons), highest first, on NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals, read from its 5 km grid at each town’s center. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T); the figure and the state rank are the ones on each town’s Climate page. How grades work.
Why isn’t my town on this list?
The list covers towns of 2,500+ residents, one for each of NOAA’s 5 km grid cells (367 in New Jersey): where towns share a cell, one of them stands for it, since the grid gives them the same figures. Every town’s own figures are on its Climate page. Every town is on the New Jersey page.
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