Good morning everyone!
Skies are partly cloudy early on this Tuesday morning and there is some patchy fog mainly over inland areas. Temperatures at 5 a.m. range from 69 in Clifton down to 61 at Sandyston. Winds are calm or light southwesterly.
CLIFTON’S WEATHER ALMANAC FOR AUGUST 2ND:
AVERAGE HIGH: 85 AVERAGE LOW: 66
RECORD HIGH: 99 – 2006 RECORD LOW: 56 – 1998
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 76 LOW: 66 PRECIPITATION: .32″
Today will be mostly sunny and hot with moderate humidity. A weak cold front may touch off a shower this afternoon or evening but most areas will remain dry.
High pressure will give us another sunny day with hot temperatures on Wednesday but a little less humid.
Thursday should be the hottest day of the week with highs well up into the 90s and the humidity will slowly increase which will cause heat indexes to rise above 100 degrees.
A front will be in our area Friday through the weekend, which will likely cause showers on Friday with a chance of showers both Saturday and Sunday, mainly in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will be very warm with high humidity as dew points should be in the low 70s.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – AUG 2 -Mostly sunny, high in the low 90s.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, low in the upper 60s.
WEDNESDAY – AUG 3 – Sunny and less humid, high in the low 90s.
THURSDAY – AUG 4 – Sunny and very hot, high in the upper 90s, chance of showers at night.
FRIDAY – AUG 5 – Partly sunny, hot and more humid with showers and thunderstorms likely, high in the low 90s.
SATURDAY – AUG 6 – Partly sunny and humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, high in the upper 80s.
SUNDAY – AUG 7 – Mostly sunny, hot and humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, high in the low 90s.
MONDAY – AUG 8 – Mostly sunny, hot and humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms, high in the low 90s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – South-southwest winds to 10 knots, seas 1 foot. Belmar’s ocean temperature is 74 degrees.
OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Wednesday through Saturday.
CLIFTON’S CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JULY 2022
Temperatures were well above normal with an average of 79.2 degrees which made it the 3rd warmest July since 1973, hottest was in 2020. The highest temperature was 99 degrees set on the 24th, the lowest was 63 recorded on the 4th and the 27th. 11 days of 90 degree plus temperatures and 6 days of temperatures of 95 degrees or more. Precipitation was near normal with 4.30″ accumulating. Most of the rain came on two occasions, .90″ on the 8th and 2.88″ on the 18th. Some areas of New Jersey missed most of the precipitation, Newark airport only had .55″ of rain which was their driest July on record.
Have a nice day and stay cool and safe!