Good morning everyone!
Skies are cloudy early on this Sunday morning and most of the rain has moved to our south and east. Once again it is unseasonably mild with temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 51 in Clifton down to 47 at High Point, these readings are nearly 30 degrees above normal for this time of day. Winds are mainly calm.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR JANUARY 2ND:
AVERAGE HIGH: 37 AVERAGE LOW: 22
RECORD HIGH: 59 – 1979 RECORD LOW: 6 – 1999
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 54 LOW: 48 PRECIPITATION: .73″
Today will be a cloudy and mild day but most or all of the day with be dry. A cold front will cross the area this afternoon and the front will be followed by a brisk northwest flow of much colder air. A low pressure developing on the front will likely give snow across southern New Jersey with only a slight chance that the snow will move into our area.
Skies will become partly sunny on Monday but it will continue to be breezy and cold.
Tuesday will be cold but less harsh with mostly sunny skies.
Somewhat milder on Wednesday but a cold front will give us a chance of mainly rain showers.
Another low pressure system may give us rain or snow Thursday night into Friday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JAN 2 – Cloudy and mild, high in the upper 50s.
TONIGHT – Mostly cloudy, windy and colder, low in the mid 20s.
MONDAY – JAN 3 – Mostly cloudy in the morning then becoming partly sunny, high in the low 30s.
TUESDAY – JAN 4 – Sunny, high in the upper 30s.
WEDNESDAY – JAN 5 – Cloudy with a chance of rain or snow in the morning then a chance of rain in the afternoon, high in the mid 40s.
THURSDAY – JAN 6 – Partly sunny, high in the low 40s, chance of rain or snow at night.
FRIDAY – JAN 7 – Chance of rain or snow in the morning then becoming partly sunny, high in the upper 30s.
SATURDAY – JAN 8 – Sunny, high in the mid 30s.
MARINE FORECAST: A small craft advisory is in effect until 6 a.m. Monday morning for winds becoming northwest and gusting to 30 knots, seas 3-6 feet.
OUTLOOK – Advisories likely to continue during the day Monday through the day on Tuesday; no advisories expected for Tuesday night; advisories possible for high seas on Wednesday; no advisories expected on Thursday.
CLIFTON’S CLIMATE SUMMARY: RECORDS GO BACK TO 1973!
DECEMBER – Temperatures were well above normal and it was the second warmest December (warmest was in 2015) Highest temperature 65 on the 11th, the lowest was 21 degrees on the 20th. Precipitation was well below normal with 1.35″ and it was Clifton’s 4th driest December. Snowfall was well below normal with only 0.5″ falling on the morning of the 24th.
2021– Temperatures were well above normal and it was the 3rd warmest year since I started my records in 1973. Highest temperature was 99 recorded on June 30th, the lowest was 12 degrees 12 degrees set on February 18th. Precipitation was above normal and was the 6th wettest year 63.96″. Snowfall for the year totaled 40 inches which 35.5 of it accumulated in February. The top weather event was Hurricane Ida which caused massive floods with some deaths in our area.
Have a nice day and stay safe!