Local Climate Data
Kearny,  NJ
FEB. 2014

The month was characterized by a positive NAO, a negative AO and a negative PNA. The Negative AO allowed by arctic air masses into the East.

The temperature for February 2014 averaged 30.1 degrees and was 3.9F degrees below normal.  The month tied with February 1988 as the 8^th coldest such month on record (1977). The month was also the 13^th consecutive month with below normal temperatures. Eight days averaged near or above normal. There were 4 day with a maximum of 50F or higher, 6 days with maximums of 32F or lower, and 27 days with minimums of 32F or lower. Temperature extremes included 55F on the 6^th and 7F on the 28^th.             

Precipitation totaled 4.08 inches and was .95 of an inch above normal. The month ranked as the 11^h wettest such month on record and the wettest since 1986.  The most to fall in a 24-hour period was 1.14 inches on the 5^th. Snowfall was also above normal with 35.9 inches and was 26.0 inches above normal (363 percent of normal). The month ranked as the snowiest such month on record and the snowiest since 1994. Measureable precipitation fell on 11 days.  The most in 24-hours was .68 on the 11^th. Snowfall of 1.0 inch or more fell on 7 days. The most in a 24-hour period was 15.0 inches on the 13

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