Seasonal Climate Data

SPRING 2010

Weather in Historical Perspective
Kearny, NJ

Temperature Data
High 67.4 Low 47.9
Seasonal Average 57.7
Departure From Normal +3.5
Highest 94 on May 26
Lowest 28 on Mar. 27

Number of Days With
Maximum 32F or Below 0
Maximum 90F or Above 2

Minimum 32F or Below 2
Minimum 0F or Below 0
Precipitation .01 or More 23
Snow & Ice 1.0 or More 0
Heavy Fog 1/4 mi. or Less 0
Thunderstorms 8
Clear 59
Partly Cloudy 14
Cloudy 19

Heating Degree Days
Total This Season 807
Departure From Normal -396
Normal 1203

Cooling Degree Days
Total This Season 157
Departure From Norma +69
Normal 88

Precipitation Data
Total for the Season 16.42”
Departure From Normal +3.81”
Normal 12.61”
24-Hours 2.64” on Mar. 13

Wind Data
Average Speed 6.5 MPH
Average Direction WSW
Fastest 35 MPH
Direction NNE
Date Mar. 13

Snow & Ice
Snow & Ice Total .0”

Departure From Normal -5.6”
Normal 5.6”
24 Hours .0” on 0

Pressure Data
Highest 30.59 on Apr. 14
Lowest 29.27 on Apr. 27
Averaged 30.00

SPRING 2010: March featured a negative NAO the first half of the month and positive to neutral the send half and a positive PNA index. The temperature averaged 48.8F and was the warmest such month on record (1977). Only 2 days averaged below normal. Temperature extremes included 76F on the 19^th and 28F on the 27^th. The month of April featured a positive NAO the first half of the month and negative NAO the second half of the month. The PNA was positive. The temperature averaged 58.1F and was the warmest such month on record (1977). The month was also the second consecutive month of above normal temperatures. Only 4 days averaged below normal. Temperature extremes included 92F on the 7^th and 38F on the 28^th. May featured a negative NAO and PNA. The temperature averaged 66.2F and was 1.3 degrees above normal. The month ranked as the 4^th warmest such month on record (1977) and the warmest since 2004. The month was also the third consecutive month of above normal temperatures. Only 7 days averaged below normal. Temperature extremes included 94F on the 26^th and 41F on the 10^th. The season averaged 57.7F and was the warmest spring on record.

Precipitation in March totaled 9.31 inches and ranked as the 2^nd wettest such month on record and the wettest since 1993. The month was also the 2^nd consecutive month with above normal precipitation. The most received in a 24-hour period was 2.64 inches on the 13^th. Snowfall was below normal with only a trace recorded on the 3^rd and 5th. The month tied with 1979, 86, 95, 00, 02, 08 as the least snowiest March on record. In April, precipitation totaled 3.66 inches and tied with April 1979 as the 17^th driest such month on record. There were only 7 days with me4asurable precipitation (normal is 12). The most received in a 24-hour period was 1.42 inches on the 25^th. May’s precipitation totaled 3.45 inches and ranked as the 18^th driest such month on record and the driest since 1992. The month was also the 2^nd consecutive month with below normal precipitation. There were only 5 days with measurable precipitation (normal is 12). A total of 16.42 inches of precipitation fell in spring and ranked as the 6^th wettest such season on record and the wettest since 1998. The period April-May ranked as the 15^th driest such period on record with 7.11 inches of precipitation. This period was the driest such period since 1998.

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