Geography Clinton, New Jersey

easter 2014 photo john bohnel, depicting main street seen cliff behind red mill, visible in bottom left corner. many of other visible buildings date 1890s.

according united states census bureau, town had total area of 1.417 square miles (3.670 km), including 1.338 square miles (3.465 km) of land , 0.079 square miles (0.205 km) of water (5.59%).

the town borders clinton township, franklin township, , union township.

clinton considered exurb of new york city, hunterdon county lies on western fringe of new york city metropolitan area, rural scattered housing developments , old farm homes. clinton part of primary metropolitan statistical area of middlesex, somerset , hunterdon counties in new jersey. serves bedroom community many commuters working in , around northern new jersey , new york city, younger residents have supplanted long-time residents of clinton.

climate

clinton falls under northern new jersey climate zone. according office of new jersey state climatologist @ rutgers university, northern climate zone covers one-quarter of new jersey , consists of elevated highlands , valleys part of appalachian uplands. surrounded land, region can characterized having continental climate minimal influence atlantic ocean, except when winds contain easterly component. prevailing winds southwest in summer , northwest in winter. being in northernmost portion of state, , small mountains 1,800 feet (550 m) in elevation, northern zone exhibits colder temperature regime other climate regions of state of new jersey. difference dramatic in winter when average temperatures in northern zone can more ten degrees fahrenheit cooler in coastal zone. annual snowfall averages 40 50 inches (1,300 mm) in northern zone compared average of 10-15 inches in extreme south.

clinton falls under usda 6b plant hardiness zone.