Latest temperatures across NJ appear in the above map. Click on the map or here, the New Jersey Weather and Climate Network for much more information.
Interested in becoming a volunteer weather observer? Click the banner below for more information.
NJ Precipitation and Temperature departures over the past 12 months
Click on the above link to view a list of publications that focus on the weather and climate of a particular state or region. Included are 138 references for 39 states! The earliest is from 1847.
Examine a century's worth of weather observations from locations around the state.
Dozens of temperature and precipitation maps based on data from 1971 - 2000.
Image courtesy of NASA
NJ State Climatologist
January 2, 2009
The last month of 2008 certainly exemplified the old adage: "If you don’t like the present weather just wait a short while and conditions are sure to change." New Jersey residents endured a month of warmth, cold, flooding rain, snow, ice and an abundance of wind. The northern third even got to experience a white Christmas (an inch or more of snow on the ground).
When all was said and done, December was the 5th wettest of the past 114. The 6.77" average is 3.07" above normal. It is interesting to note that the ten wettest Decembers fell within 9 different decades (see table below), including a representative from each decade since the 1930s! All of the state was wet (the precipitation totals include rainfall and melted sleet and snow), with the coastal counties receiving the most liquid and the southwest the least. Lavallette (Ocean County) topped all observing stations with 10.42", with Wall Township (Monmouth) receiving 9.78" and Lower Township (Cape May) 9.38". Bridgeton (Cumberland, 4.51"), Merchantville (Camden, 5.78") and Washington Township (Mercer, 6.10") had some of the lower totals.
More...
Past Climate Summaries
