000 CDUS41 KOKX 011526 CLIEWR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY 1025 AM EST THU JAN 1 2009 ................................... ...THE NEWARK NJ CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER 31 2008... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1929 TO 2008 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 36 756 AM 63 1965 39 -3 45 MINIMUM 18 1159 PM 2 1962 26 -8 33 AVERAGE 27 33 -6 39 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.02 1.18 1948 0.12 -0.10 0.24 MONTH TO DATE 5.88 3.57 2.31 4.78 SINCE DEC 1 5.88 3.57 2.31 4.78 SINCE JAN 1 48.83 46.25 2.58 54.49 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.4 3.4 1952 0.1 0.3 T MONTH TO DATE 8.3 2.9 5.4 3.9 SINCE OCT 1 8.3 3.5 4.8 4.3 SINCE JUL 1 8.3 3.5 4.8 4.3 SNOW DEPTH 0 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 38 32 6 26 MONTH TO DATE 847 872 -25 879 SINCE DEC 1 847 872 -25 879 SINCE JUL 1 1749 1733 16 1634 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE DEC 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 1255 1220 35 1310 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 33 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION NW (320) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 47 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION NW (320) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 15.2 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.7 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. HEAVY SNOW LIGHT SNOW FOG FOG W/VISIBILITY <= 1/4 MILE RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 75 300 PM LOWEST 43 1200 AM AVERAGE 59 .......................................................... THE NEWARK NJ CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 39 63 1973 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 26 11 1997 1963 SUNRISE AND SUNSET JANUARY 1 2009.......SUNRISE 721 AM EST SUNSET 440 PM EST JANUARY 2 2009.......SUNRISE 721 AM EST SUNSET 441 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$