Unlike August, with its dry and cooler than average weather, September was warm and wet across the Garden State. The month saw more afternoons with temperatures exceeding 90° than in August and the first tropical storm crossing New Jersey since Bertha in July 1996 (in 1999 Floyd stayed just offshore). The statewide average temperature of 68.0° was 2.7° above average. This makes this the 13th warmest September since records commenced in 1895 (see table below). Temperatures have been above average in 9 of the past 12 months. September heat was concentrated in the first half of the month, when maxima reached 90° at multiple stations on the 2nd-5th and the 14th. Four south Jersey stations reached 95° on the hottest day, the 4th, with dozens more in the low 90°s. Cooler conditions prevailed later in the month, with morning lows dropping into the mid to upper 30°s from the 19th-21st in northwest valleys and on the 21st in the Pinelands.

Click here to see the distribution of the top 3 NJ warm/cold and wet/dry months since 1895