Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-18
JERSEY WEATHER
FOR PAST YEAR
IN 4 NUTSHELL
March, April, October, Hot; De.
cember Was Very
Cold.

Noteworthy weather conditions il
New Jersey during 1910 were the alb
normally high mean tenperatures OF
March, April and October, the excep-
tionally low mean OF December and the
marked deficiency of precipitation for
h year. January, April and June
were the only months that gave pro-
nounced excuses of precipitation.
Beginning with July the precipitation
for the State as a whole was steadily
below the average except in NoVem-
her. when a very slight excess occurred.
The light precipitation of March and
July were especially notable, the rain
fall for March having been the smallest
recorded for this month in a period of
twenty-six years, with a single ex-
ception, while July was the driest of
It's lame for a like period.
AS a result Of the deficient summer
rainfall drought began to be felt in
the first part of that season. and with
the advent of autumn q water famine
of serious proportions prevailed quite
generally. The shortage OF water sup
ply continued in numerous localities at
the end of the year, although the con-
ditions at that time were less severe
than previously.
Layton, Coolest Jersey Place.
The annual mean temperature for
New Jersey, 81 degrees, was prac-
tically normal. The warmest place in
the State was Brldgeton. with an aver
age temperature of "a degrees, while
the coolest place., Layton, Sussex
county, had an average of AIS degrees.
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milder than usual, n was followed
by an unusually mild spring. A few
periods OF excessive heat occurred in
summer. but for the most part that
season, as well as much of autumn,
was characterized by moderate and
pleasant temperature conditions. Cold
weather al almost continuous
through November and December, the
latter month having been not only the
coolest of the year, but the coolest
twelfth month in thirty years. The
annual extremes of temperature were
we'll within the records of previous
years, the highest reported being 80
degrees, at New Brunswick and
Somervilie, on July 8, and the lowest.
Is degrees below zero. at Layton. on
January II.
The average precipitation, 1913
inches, was about Z inches below the
normal. and the smallest annual aver
nge recorded since 1904. Camden and
Gloucester received nearly their usual
amount of moisture, while the def
cheney elsewhere ranged from about 3
inches in Cape May county, to slightly
more than IL inches, in several of the
northeastern counties. No station with
in the State reported an excess of
precipitation for the year. There was
a, fairly uniform geographical distribu-
tion of precipitation but the distribu-
ton in point of time was very %unfavor-
able. The greatest annual amount was
45.12 inches, at Dover, and the least,
34.8s inches, at Atlantic City. The
greatest local monthly fall was 1851
inches, at Trenton. in August, and the
least, 0.22 inch, at Pennington, in July.
Measurable precipitation occurred on
an average of ia days. The average
snowfall, 1875 inches, was slightly in
excess of the 1909 average.
The average number Of clear days
was 1873; partly cloudy, 1923; cloudy. 119.
The duration of sunshine was about
so per cent. of the possible. Northwest
winds prevailed during the year.