000 CDUS41 KOKX 050649 CLIEWR CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY 149 AM EST THU MAR 5 2009 ................................... ...THE NEWARK NJ CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR MARCH 4 2009... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD 1971 TO 2000 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD 1929 TO 2009 WEATHER ITEM OBSERVED TIME RECORD YEAR NORMAL DEPARTURE LAST VALUE (LST) VALUE VALUE FROM YEAR NORMAL .................................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) YESTERDAY MAXIMUM 35 436 PM 72 1974 46 -11 65 MINIMUM 16 636 AM 6 1943 31 -15 42 AVERAGE 26 38 -12 54 PRECIPITATION (IN) YESTERDAY 0.00 1.29 1977 0.13 -0.13 0.06 MONTH TO DATE 0.50 0.49 0.01 0.12 SINCE MAR 1 0.50 0.49 0.01 0.12 SINCE JAN 1 3.94 7.43 -3.49 8.24 SNOWFALL (IN) YESTERDAY 0.0 3.7 1971 0.2 -0.2 0.0 MONTH TO DATE 6.9 0.8 6.1 T SINCE OCT 1 27.0 21.6 5.4 14.6 SINCE JUL 1 27.0 21.6 5.4 14.6 SNOW DEPTH 4 DEGREE DAYS HEATING YESTERDAY 39 26 13 11 MONTH TO DATE 159 107 52 81 SINCE MAR 1 159 107 52 81 SINCE JUL 1 3835 3767 68 3458 COOLING YESTERDAY 0 0 0 0 MONTH TO DATE 0 0 0 0 SINCE MAR 1 0 0 0 0 SINCE JAN 1 0 0 0 0 .................................................................. WIND (MPH) HIGHEST WIND SPEED 18 HIGHEST WIND DIRECTION W (270) HIGHEST GUST SPEED 22 HIGHEST GUST DIRECTION N (340) AVERAGE WIND SPEED 8.4 SKY COVER AVERAGE SKY COVER 0.1 WEATHER CONDITIONS THE FOLLOWING WEATHER WAS RECORDED YESTERDAY. NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER WAS OBSERVED. RELATIVE HUMIDITY (PERCENT) HIGHEST 54 700 AM LOWEST 32 400 PM AVERAGE 43 .......................................................... THE NEWARK NJ CLIMATE NORMALS FOR TODAY NORMAL RECORD YEAR MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 46 75 1976 1964 MINIMUM TEMPERATURE (F) 31 9 1948 SUNRISE AND SUNSET MARCH 5 2009.........SUNRISE 624 AM EST SUNSET 553 PM EST MARCH 6 2009.........SUNRISE 623 AM EST SUNSET 554 PM EST - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. $$