Good morning!
Skies are mostly clear early on this Thursday morning and temperatures range from the mid 60s in Clifton down to near 60 further inland. The winds are mainly calm and the humidity is high with patchy fog in some of the area.
CLIFTON’S CLIMATE DATA FOR JULY 2.
AVERAGE HIGH: 84 AVERAGE LOW: 64
RECORD HIGH: 99 – 2018 RECORD LOW: – 51 – 2001
YESTERDAY: HIGH: 84 LOW 66 PRECIPITATION: .56″
Today will be warmer as the upper level low that has caused shower and thunderstorm activity the last few days has moved away and weak high pressure will build into the area. With plenty of sunshine, temperatures will be near 90. The humidity will not be that bad with dew points in the low 60s.
On Friday a back door cold front will give us a chance of mainly afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms. It will continue to be quite warm and the humidity will rise with dew points in the upper 60s.
The weather for Independence Day will be quite nice with near seasonable temperatures along with plenty of sunshine and low humidity.
Sunday will be a little warmer and skies will be mostly sunny.
Next week will be quite warm to hot. A weak disturbance may touch off some showers on Monday.
THE FORECAST:
TODAY – JULY 2 – Sunny, high near 90.
TONIGHT – Partly cloudy, low in the low 70s.
FRIDAY – JULY 3 – Partly sunny with a chance of afternoon and evening showers and thunderstorms, high in the low 90s.
INDEPENDENCE DAY – JULY 4 – Partly sunny, high in the low 80s.
SUNDAY – JULY 5 – Mostly sunny, high in the upper 80s.
MONDAY – JULY 6 – Mostly sunny with a chance of afternoon showers and thunderstorms, high in the upper 80s.
TUESDAY – JULY 7 – Mostly sunny, high near 90.
WEDNESDAY – JULY 8 – Mostly sunny, high near 90.
MARINE FORECAST: TODAY – Variable winds less than 5 knots, seas 1-2 feet. Point Pleasant Beach’s ocean temperature is 72 degrees.
OUTLOOK – No advisories expected Friday through Monday.
CLIFTON CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR JUNE 2020.
June averaged 3.1 degrees above normal and was the warmest June since 2010. Highest temperature: 95 – 22nd Lowest temperature: 45 – 1st.
Precipitation was below normal with 2.62″ which was 63% of normal.
Have a nice day and stay safe and healthy!