New Jersey's Extreme Temperature and Precipitation Months
Temperature Legend
Temperature - For each calendar month the 5 warmest and 5 coldest years in New Jersey
1895 -1899
1900-1909
Jan
Feb
3 5
5
5
Mar
1
1
3
5
4
1
May
3
Jun
1
3
2
2
4
3
3
4
3
3
1
2
Aug
2
5
3
1
1
3
Sep
Oct
1
2 2
5
Jul
5
1
2
5
May
Jun
3 2
1
4
3
1
4 2
5 2
4
Mar
4
5
Feb
Apr
1 5
2
2
3
1
2
4
4
4
2
4 1
4
2
4
2
2
5
4
1
4 5
Dec
5
Jan
4
1
3
5
1
5
4
5
2010-2015
4
2
1
2000-2009
1
5
5
1990-1999
2
3
4 4 5
2
5
2 3
coldest
2nd coldest
3rd coldest
4th coldest
5th coldest
1
2
3
4
5
2
2 4
4
2 3
Nov
1980-1989
1970-1979
2
4
2
Sep
2
1960-1969
2
5
1
4
4
1950-1959
4
3
2
1
Aug
1940-1949
1
1
Oct
1930-1939
4
Apr
Jul
1920-1929
1910-1919
warmest
2nd warmest
3rd warmest
4th warmest
5th warmest
1
2
3
4
5
2
2
5 5
5
Nov
1
Dec
Observation: The extreme warmest months tend to be after 1990. The extreme coldest months tend to be before 1930.
1
2
3
4
5
Precipitation - For each calendar month the 5 driest and 5 wettest years in New Jersey
1895 -1899
1900-1909
1910-1919
Jan
1920-1929
1930-1939
5 5
Feb
1
3
2
2
5
2
4
2
4
2
1
1
3
1
5 3
3
1
5
1
3
2
3
5 4
2
5
4
2
4
3
Apr
2
4
1
5
1
3
4
Jun
Jul
4
1
2
3
Aug
Sep
3
Oct
1
Nov
2 2
3
5
4 2
2
Observation: There is no obvious trend in the distribution of extreme wettest and driest months.
Explanation
- Each month has two sets of 1-5, one set in shades of red for warmest/driest and one set in shades of blue for coldest/wettest.
- Ties are indicated by the same number appearing twice for the same month.
- The period of record is January 1895 to December 2015.
- Monthly rankings are based on State-wide averages of monthly temperature and precipitation.
- All data are from the web page of the New Jersey State Climatologist.
Mar
3 May
5
4
1
2 4
4
4
Feb
1
1
5
1 5
1
4
1
5
1
Jan
2
5 3
5
5
3 3
5
2010-2015
3
1
4
2
3
4
5
2
2000-2009
4
3
wettest
2nd wettest
3rd wettest
4th wettest
5th wettest
1990-1999
1
2
3
2
4
2 1
1
3
1
5
3
Nov
Dec
5
5
1
3
1980-1989
4
5
Oct
4
5
4
1
Aug
1970-1979
4
Jun
Sep
2
3
Jul
1960-1969
4
3
May
1950-1959
4 5
3 2
Mar
Apr
1940-1949
Precipitation Legend
driest
1
2nd driest
2
3rd driest
3
4th driest
4
5th driest
5
for more information:
Dr. David A. Robinson
Jeffrey L. Hoffman
NJ State Climatologist
New Jersey Geological & Water Survey
Rutgers University
N.J. Dept. of Environmental Protection
http://climate.rutgers.edu/stateclim/
[email protected]
http://www.njgeology.org/
January 2016
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