Local Climate Data
Kearny, NJ
April, 2001
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April 2001: The upper pattern consisted of a trough in the West and a ridge in the East. April 2001 ranked as the 8th warmest such month on record since 1977 and the warmest since 1986. Fourteen days averaged above normal and 16 days averaged near or below normal. Temperature extremes included 88°F on the 24th and 33°F on the 19th. There were 2 days with maximums below 50°F. There were 18 days with maximums of 60°F or higher, 8 days with maximums or 70°F or higher and 3 days with maximums of 80°F or higher.
Precipitation totaled 1.90 inches and was 2.26 of an inch below normal. April
2001 tied with 1999 as the 3rd driest such month on record. The most rainfall to
fall in a 24-hour period was .80 of an inch on the 9th. The period March-April a
total of 9.14 inches of precipitation fell. This was the 8th wettest such period
on record and the wettest since 1988. Snowfall for the season totaled 36.9 and
ranked as the 5th snowiest such season on record since 1976-77 and the most
since 1986-87. There were 15 clear days and 8 overcast days.
Jim G. Munley, jr.
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