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Local Climate Data

Local Climate Data
Kearny, NJ
AUGUST 2016

 

Temperature Data                                    
High 89.3 Low 70.4             
Average Monthly  79.9              
Departure From Normal  +1.2

Highest 98 on 18

Lowest  58 on 28

Heating Degree Days                      
Total This Month  0            
Departure From Normal  -2  
Total for the Season  0

Departure From Normal  -2

Cooling Degree Days
Total This Month  467

Departure From Normal  +125
Total for the Season 1219

Departure From Normal +222

Precipitation Data
Total for the Month 1.33
  inches
Departure From Normal  -2.54  inches
24-Hours .51 inches  on 16-17

Normal 3.87 inches

Snow & Ice
Total  .0”  inches
24-Hours .0” inches  on 0

Departure .0”  inches

Normal 0” inches

 

 

Wind Data
Average Speed 6.7  mph
Average Direction WSW
Fastest  19
Direction WSW

Date 14

Pressure Data
Highest  30.32 on 23

Lowest  29.67 on  6

Averaged  30.02

Number of Days With   
Maximum 32F or Below  0  
Maximum 90F or Above 14    
Minimum 32F or Below  0

Minimum 0F or Below 0
Precipitation .01 or More  9
Snow & Ice 1.0+ and More  0
Heavy Fog 1/4 mi. or less 0

Thunderstorms  6
Clear 12
Partly Cloudy 17
Cloudy 2

 

August’s temperature averaged 79.9F and tied with August 2005 as the warmest such month on record (since 1977).  Only 6 days averaged near or below normal.  There were 14 days with maximums of 90F or higher. Temperatures extremes included 98F on the 18th and 58F on the 28th.    

Precipitation totaled 1.33 inches(34% of normal) and ranked as the 4th driest such month on record and the driest since 1980. The month was also the 5th consecutive such month with below normal temperatures. The most to fall in a 24-hour period was .51 of an inch in the 16-17th. There were 9 days with measurable precipitation. There were 12 clear days and only 2 overcast days.

Jim G. Munley, Jr.

Jim G. Munley, Jr.
http://www.jimmunleywx.com/

 

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