Good morning everyone!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Monday morning and once again it is quite cold with readings ranging from 18 in Clifton to 12 at High Point. Unlike yesterday, winds are mainly calm. The air quality is good with an index of 25.
CLIFTON’S ALMANAC FOR MARCH 3RD:
AVERAGE HIGH: 44 AVERAGE LOW: 28
RECORD HIGH: 68 – 2024 RECORD LOW: 9 – 2009
YESTERDAY’S HIGH: 34 LOW 18 PRECIPITATION: NONE
The Arctic high pressure that gave us the cold and windy weather will be over our area today but with plenty of sunshine it will feel less harsh today than yesterday as our winds will be much lighter. Also high temperatures should be a couple of degrees higher.
The high will move offshore Tuesday and a southerly flow of much milder air will move into our area. We should have more clouds than today.
A strong low pressure system will give us rain along with mild temperatures on Wednesday. The rain may be heavy at times in the afternoon and evening. Temperatures will be quite mild along with rather strong winds.
Thursday and Friday will be dry with slightly above normal temperatures as there will not be much cold air following Wednesday’s low pressure system. Skies should be partly to mostly sunny but it will be breezy.
The weekend looks to be mainly dry. Saturday should be seasonably mild but temperatures should fall to near normal on Sunday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – MAR 3 – Sunny, highs in the upper 30s.
TONIGHT – Mostly clear, lows in the mid 20s.
TUESDAY – MAR 4 – Mostly cloudy, highs in the low 50s.
WEDNESDAY – MAR 5 – Rain mainly after noontime, rain may be heavy at times, breezy and mild, highs in the upper 50s. Rainfall amounts averaging 1 to 1 1/2 inches.
THURSDAY – MAR 6 – Partly sunny and breezy, highs in the mid 50s.
FRIDAY – MAR 7 – Sunny and breezy, highs in the upper 40s.
SATURDAY – MAR 8 – Partly sunny, highs near 50.
SUNDAY – MAR 9 – Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 40s.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Northwest winds becoming southwest with gusts to 10 knots, seas 1 foot.
OUTLOOK: No advisories expected during the day on Tuesday; advisories likely Tuesday night; Gale force winds expected for Wednesday; advisories should continued Thursday and Friday with possible gales again Thursday night.
CLIFTON’S WEATHER SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY 2025. Records began in 1973.
February’s average temperature was 32.7 degrees which was slightly above the 51 year average. The highest temperature was 58 degrees set on the 25th. The lowest was 14 set on the 2nd and the 19th. Precipitation was near normal with 3.09 inches. Snowfall was below normal with 6.9 inches accumulating.
WINTER MONTHS: The average temperature was 32.7 degrees which was the coldest since the 2014-2015 season but actually a half of a degree above the 51 year average as we had much colder winters especially in the 1970s and 1980s. Precipitation was below normal with 8.41″. December and February were near normal while January was well below normal. Snowfall was below normal with 17.5″ inches accumulating and this was the 4th winter in a row with below normal snowfall.
Have a nice day and stay safe!