It already seems like a distant memory, but New Jersey was in a deep freeze in early January, when a blast of Arctic air swept across the state and dropped the mercury into the teens and single digits for three straight days.
Aside from that, January 2017 was not so brutal in terms of bone-chilling weather. It turned out to be the state’s 12th mildest January since records started being kept in 1895, according to New Jersey State Climatologist David Robinson.
The average temperature across the Garden State last month was 36.6 degrees, which is 5.9 degrees above normal, said Robinson, who teaches at Rutgers University and oversees the New Jersey Weather & Climate Network.
January also turned out to be a fairly wet month, with a healthy amount of rain, but pretty much a dud in terms of snow.
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Preliminary statistics show New Jersey averaged 3.68 inches of rain and melted snow last month, which is 0.28 inches above normal and ranks as the 43rd wettest January on record, Robinson said.
An average of 6 inches of snow fell across the state in January 2017, which is 1.2 inches below normal and ranks as the 60th snowiest January since 1895. Although the northeastern and southern regions of New Jersey ended up with slightly above-average snowfall totals last month, those were offset by the northwestern region, which had snowfall totals far below normal for January.
Last year, thanks to the blizzard at the end of the month, turned out to be the seventh snowiest January on record in New Jersey. The snowiest was in 2011, when the state averaged 23.1 inches.
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Here’s a look at how January 2017 fared in different regions in terms of temperature, snowfall and overall precipitation. These statistics are from the National Weather Service offices in Mount Holly and Upton, N.Y.
JANUARY TEMPERATURE
Newark
- Average temp: 37.8 degrees (6.2 degrees above normal)
- Highest temp: 67 degrees on Jan. 12
- Lowest temp: 12 degrees on Jan. 9
- Number of days with low temp of 32 or colder: 13 (last year it was 27 days)
Trenton
- Average temp: 36.4 degrees (5.3 degrees above normal)
- Highest temp: 65 degrees on Jan. 12
- Lowest temp: 6 degrees on Jan. 9
- Number of days with low temp of 32 or colder: 19 (last year it was 28 days)
Atlantic City
- Average temp: 38.3 degrees (5.3 degrees above normal)
- Highest temp: 67 degrees on Jan. 12
- Lowest temp: 0 degrees on Jan. 9
- Number of days with low temp of 32 or colder: 17 (last year it was 25 days)
New York
- Average temp: 38.0 degrees (5.4 degrees above normal)
- Highest temp: 66 degrees on Jan. 12
- Lowest temp: 14 degrees on Jan. 9
- Number of days with low temp of 32 or colder: 12 (last year it was 22 days)
Philadelphia
- Average temp: 38.5 degrees (5.5 degrees above normal)
- Highest temp: 67 degrees on Jan. 12
- Lowest temp: 12 degrees on Jan. 9
- Number of days with low temp of 32 or colder: 15 (last year it was 26 days)
JANUARY SNOW
- N.J. average: 6.0 inches (1.2 inches below normal)
- Newark: 9.3 inches (1.4 inches above normal)
- Trenton: Snow data not available
- Atlantic City: 7.2 inches (2.7 inches above normal)
- New York: 7.9 inches (0.9 inches above normal)
- Philadelphia: 5.7 inches (0.8 inches below normal)
JANUARY PRECIPITATION (rain and liquid snow)
- N.J. average: 3.68 inches (0.28 inches above normal)
- Newark: 4.65 inches (1.11 inches above normal)
- Trenton: 3.37 inches (0.21 inches above normal)
- Atlantic City: 4.18 inches (0.96 inches above normal)
- New York: 4.83 inches (1.18 inches above normal)
- Philadelphia: 2.91 inches (0.12 inches below normal)
Len Melisurgo may be reached at LMelisurgo@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @LensReality or like him on Facebook. Find NJ.com on Facebook.
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