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Weather extremes
How extreme does West Orange's weather get?
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days West Orange has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.
The four kinds of extreme
The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days West Orange has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.
That is about 20°F hotter than a normal July afternoon in West Orange (typical high near 87°F).
The three most extreme on record
About 25°F colder than a normal January night in West Orange (typical low near 25°F).
The three most extreme on record
More rain in a single day than West Orange usually gets in the whole month of September (typical September total about 4.3 in).
The three most extreme on record
Close to a whole typical January's snow in one day (West Orange averages about 8 in across the month).
The three most extreme on record
How hot and cold it gets, month by month
The shaded band is the normal range of daily temperatures for each month. The dots show the most extreme it has ever been — so you can see how far beyond a normal day the records really sit.
West Orange's record heat sits well above even a hot day for the season — July's 107°F is about 20°F beyond a normal hot afternoon. Its record cold is just as far below a normal winter night — the dots mark how rare each extreme really is.
In plain terms
Methodology & sources
Temperature & precipitation — the official 1991–2020 climate normals from NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals, measured at Harrison (NOAA GHCN station USC00283704), about 9 km from the city centre.