Editing Harrison, New Jersey (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the town had a total area of 1.33 square miles (3.44&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>), including 1.21 square miles (3.14&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of land and 0.12 square miles (0.30&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>) of water (8.72%).<ref name=CensusArea/><ref name=GR1 /> [[Local government in New Jersey#Unincorporated communities|Unincorporated communities]] located partially or completely within Harrison include Manhattan Transfer.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt Locality Search] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160709092825/http://www.state.nj.us/infobank/localnames.txt |date=July 9, 2016 }}, State of [[New Jersey]]. Accessed May 21, 2015.</ref>

The town borders the municipalities of [[East Newark, New Jersey|East Newark]] and [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]] in Hudson County; and [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] across the [[Passaic River]] in [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]].<ref>[https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010609/touches.html Areas touching Harrison] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329141056/https://global.mapit.mysociety.org/area/1010609/touches.html |date=March 29, 2020 }}, MapIt. Accessed March 29, 2020.</ref><ref>[http://chnj.njpn.org/hudson-county/ Hudson County Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430114258/http://chnj.njpn.org/hudson-county/ |date=April 30, 2020 }}, Coalition for a Healthy NJ. Accessed March 29, 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>

===Climate===
{{Weather box   <!-- Infobox begins -->
| single line = Y
| location    = Harrison, New Jersey (1991–2020)
<!-- Average high temperatures -->
| Jan high F  =39.4
| Feb high F  =42.3
| Mar high F  =49.9
| Apr high F  =61.8
| May high F  =72.1
| Jun high F  =81.5
| Jul high F  =86.8
| Aug high F  =84.6
| Sep high F  =77.5
| Oct high F  =65.6
| Nov high F  =54.2
| Dec high F  =44.0
<!-- Mean daily temperature -->
| Jan mean F  =32.1
| Feb mean F  =34.2
| Mar mean F  =41.3
| Apr mean F  =52.4
| May mean F  =62.8
| Jun mean F  =72.4
| Jul mean F  =77.9
| Aug mean F  =75.8
| Sep mean F  =68.8
| Oct mean F  =56.6
| Nov mean F  =46.1
| Dec mean F  =37.3
<!-- Average low temperatures -->
| Jan low F  =24.9
| Feb low F  =26.1
| Mar low F  =32.7
| Apr low F  =43.1
| May low F  =53.5
| Jun low F  =63.3
| Jul low F  =68.9
| Aug low F  =67.0
| Sep low F  =60.1
| Oct low F  =47.7
| Nov low F  =38.0
| Dec low F  =30.5
<!-- Total precipitation, this should include rain and snow. -->
| precipitation colour    =  green
| Jan precipitation inch  =3.66
| Feb precipitation inch  =3.26
| Mar precipitation inch  =4.30
| Apr precipitation inch  =4.07
| May precipitation inch  =4.36
| Jun precipitation inch  =4.87
| Jul precipitation inch  =4.81
| Aug precipitation inch  =4.38
| Sep precipitation inch  =4.33
| Oct precipitation inch  =4.15
| Nov precipitation inch  =3.65
| Dec precipitation inch  =4.58
<!-- Snowfall -->
| Jan snow inch  =8.0
| Feb snow inch  =8.4
| Mar snow inch  =4.7
| Apr snow inch  =0.7
| May snow inch  =0.0
| Jun snow inch  =0.0
| Jul snow inch  =0.0
| Aug snow inch  =0.0
| Sep snow inch  =0.0
| Oct snow inch  =0.2
| Nov snow inch  =0.3
| Dec snow inch  =5.9
<!-- Mandatory fields, source -->
| source = NOAA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/us-climate-normals/#dataset=normals-monthly&timeframe=30&station=USC00283704 |title=NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access |publisher=NOAA |access-date=2025-04-02 }}</ref>
}}<!-- Infobox ends -->