Good morning everyone!
Skies are partly cloudy early on this Wednesday morning and temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 58 in Clifton down to 46 at Walpack, winds are mainly calm or light southerly.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JUNE 2ND:
AVERAGE HIGH: 76 AVERAGE LOW: 57
RECORD HIGH: 92 – 1989 RECORD LOW: 44 – 1993
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 78 LOW: 51 PRECIPITATION: NONE
Today we will have considerable high clouds as high pressure moves off the coast, high temperatures with the clouds will be a couple of degrees lower than yesterday.
A trough of low pressure will give us showers and thunderstorms from late tonight through Friday evening, some of the rain may be heavy at times.
The trough will weaken on the weekend as a Bermuda high pressure begins to dominate our weather, we should see mostly sunny skies both days with highs in the 80s on Saturday and in the low 90s on Sunday. The humidity will also rise with dew points in the mid 60s.
Dry weather to continue through the middle of next week along with hot and rather humid conditions.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JUNE 2 – Mostly cloudy, high in the upper 70s.
TONIGHT – Cloudy with showers likely mainly after 4 a.m., low near 60.
THURSDAY – JUNE 3 – Cloudy with showers and thunderstorms, some rain may be heavy at times, high in the mid 70s.
FRIDAY – JUNE 4 – Mostly cloudy with showers and thunderstorms likely, some rain may be heavy at times, high in the low 80s.
SATURDAY – JUNE 5 – Sunny, high in the upper 80s.
SUNDAY – JUNE 6 – Sunny, high in the low 90s.
MONDAY – JUNE 7 – Sunny, high in the low 90s.
TUESDAY – JUNE 8 – Sunny, high in the low 90s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Southerly winds to 10 knots, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK – Advisories expected Thursday afternoon through the overnight; advisories possible on Friday; no advisories expected for Saturday and Sunday.
CLIFTON’S CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MAY 2021
May was near normal in temperatures. The highest temperature was 90 recorded on the 22nd and 26th; lowest temperature 40 on the 1st: Precipitation was above normal with 5.84″ recorded mostly falling on the last few days of the month. The spring months of March, April and May temperatures averaged above normal and precipitation was slightly below normal.
Have a nice day and stay safe and healthy!