Editing Montclair, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Montclair old road map.jpg|thumb|A mural of the road map of Montclair from 1857, when it was known as [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|West Bloomfield]]]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the township had a total area of 6.25 square miles (16.17&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 6.24 square miles (16.16&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.01 square miles (0.02&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (0.11%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 />

Montclair is on the east side of the First Mountain of the [[Watchung Mountains]]. Some higher locations in the township provide excellent views of the surrounding area and of the [[New York City]] skyline about {{convert|12|mi|km}} away.<ref>Garbarine, Rachelle. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/20/business/where-sites-are-rare-montclair-projects-echo-older-housing.html "Montclair Projects Echo Older Housing"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106024402/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/20/business/where-sites-are-rare-montclair-projects-echo-older-housing.html |date=November 6, 2019 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 20, 1990. Accessed November 5, 2019. "Kip's Ridge, which sits on an eight-acre tract on a ridge along the side of First Mountain, rises 600 feet along the border of Montclair and Verona.... As Montclair's highest point, the ridge offers a clear view of the Manhattan skyline."</ref>

Named localities in the township include Church Street, Frog Hollow, South End, [[Upper Montclair, New Jersey|Upper Montclair]], and Watchung Plaza.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Local Place Names] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024120307/https://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=October 24, 2018 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed November 5, 2019.</ref>

Montclair is split between two [[ZIP Code]]s. The central and southern parts of the township are designated 07042. Upper Montclair lies north of Watchung Avenue and has a separate ZIP code, 07043. Because the ZIP codes do not exactly match municipal boundaries, a few homes near the borders with neighboring towns fall into the ZIP codes for those communities. A few homes in some adjoining municipalities use one of the two ZIP codes assigned to Montclair, as does HackensackUMC Mountainside (07042, formerly known as Mountainside Hospital), whose campus straddles the border with Glen Ridge.<ref>[http://www.mountainsidehosp.com/News-and-Events/News/Mountainside-Hospital-News-2012/Hackensack-University-Health-Network-and-LHP-Hospi.aspx "Hackensack University Health Network and LHP Hospital Group"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005000817/http://www.mountainsidehosp.com/News-and-Events/News/Mountainside-Hospital-News-2012/Hackensack-University-Health-Network-and-LHP-Hospi.aspx |date=2013-10-05 }}, HackensackUMC Mountainside, July 12, 2012. Accessed October 3, 2013. "HackensackUMC Mountainside, located on the Montclair/Glen Ridge border, is known for providing access to state-of-the-art patient care in a nurturing, community hospital setting."</ref><ref>Roll, Erin. [http://www.northjersey.com/community/217868251_Glen_Ridge_baby_boom__More_than_500_births_so_far_in_2013.html "Glen Ridge baby boom: More than 500 births so far in 2013"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005042546/http://www.northjersey.com/community/217868251_Glen_Ridge_baby_boom__More_than_500_births_so_far_in_2013.html |date=October 5, 2013 }}, ''Glen Ridge Voice'', August 1, 2013. Accessed October 3, 2013. "Mountainside is located on the Montclair-Glen Ridge border, and the hospital's mailing address is listed as Montclair. But because the hospital building itself is located in Glen Ridge, every child born at the hospital has Glen Ridge listed as their place of birth."</ref> Small areas in the southeast of the township fall into the [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey|Glen Ridge]] ZIP code 07028.

Several streams flow eastward through Montclair: [[Toney's Brook]] in the center, Nishuane Brook in the southeast, Wigwam Brook in the southwest, Pearl Brook in the northwest, and Yantacaw Brook in the northeast—all in the [[Passaic River]] watershed. Yantacaw and Toney's brooks are dammed in parks to create ponds. Wigwam, Nishuane, and Toney's brooks flow into the [[Second River (New Jersey)|Second River]], and the others flow into the [[Third River (New Jersey)|Third River]]. Montclair lies just north of the northernmost extent of the [[Rahway River]] watershed.

Montclair borders the municipalities of [[Bloomfield, New Jersey|Bloomfield]], [[Cedar Grove, New Jersey|Cedar Grove]], [[Glen Ridge, New Jersey|Glen Ridge]], [[Orange, New Jersey|Orange]], [[Verona, New Jersey|Verona]], and [[West Orange, New Jersey|West Orange]] in Essex County; and [[Clifton, New Jersey|Clifton]] and [[Little Falls, New Jersey|Little Falls]] in [[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/720248/touches.html Areas touching Montclair] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106024404/https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/720248/touches.html |date=November 6, 2019 }}, MapIt. Accessed February 27, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://www.essexregister.com/municipalities/ Municipalities] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220420030757/http://www.essexregister.com/municipalities/ |date=April 20, 2022 }}, [[Essex County, New Jersey]] Register of Deeds and Mortgages. Accessed February 27, 2020.</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf New Jersey Municipal Boundaries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031204213712/https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/polnoroads.pdf |date=December 4, 2003 }}, [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed November 15, 2019.</ref>

The southern border of Montclair is a straight line between Eagle Rock, on the ridge of the First Watchung Mountain, and the point where Orange Road begins at the foot of Ridgewood Avenue. The eastern border is roughly a straight line between that point and a point just southwest of where Broad Street crosses the Third River. The western border runs roughly along the ridge of the First Watchung Mountain between Eagle Rock and the [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]]/[[Passaic County, New Jersey|Passaic County]] border. The northern border is the border between those two counties.

===Climate===
Montclair has a temperate climate, with warm-to-hot, humid summers and cool-to-cold winters, as is characteristic of the [[Köppen climate classification]] [[humid subtropical|humid continental]] climate. January tends to be the coldest month, with average high temperatures in the upper 30s [[Fahrenheit]] and lows averaging 21. July, the warmest month, features high temperatures in the mid-80s and lows in the 70s, with an average high of 86 degrees. From April to June and from September to early November, Montclair experiences temperatures from the lower 60s to the lower 70s.

Montclair gets approximately {{convert|50|in}} of rain per year, above the United States average of {{convert|39|in}}.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}} Snowfall is common from December to early March and totals about {{convert|30|in|cm}} annually. The number of days each year in Montclair with any measurable precipitation is 90; the area has an average of 202 sunny days.

Montclair is one or two degrees warmer than the neighboring municipalities of [[Verona, New Jersey|Verona]] and [[Cedar Grove, New Jersey|Cedar Grove]] because of the mountain between them, which sometimes blocks winds and clouds, including warmer air from the ocean to the east.{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}