The National Centers for Environmental Information northern division averaged 39.8° (+1.0°, 31st mildest), the southern division 43.5° (+1.1°, 31st mildest), and the coastal division 43.7° (+1.5°, 23rd mildest). The average minimum of 32.1° was 0.9° on the mild side, ranking 29th mildest. The average maximum temperature of 52.2° was 1.3° above normal, ranking 37th mildest. This was 1.2° above the 1991–2020 normal and ranks as the 30th mildest March since 1895. The average March temperature across NJ was 42.1°. This quelled concerns that an early blooming season might arise, one that could result in damaged vegetation had an early bloom been followed by an unseasonable cold spell. While March temperatures came in above normal, they were not nearly as anomalously mild as those seen in January and February. The northern division averaged 57.8° (-2.1°, 50th coolest), the southern division 60.3° (-1.9°, 50th coolest), and the coastal division 59.6° (-1.4°, 63rd coolest). The average low temperature of 46.9° was 3.3° below normal, ranking 26th coolest.
The average high temperature of 71.7° was 0.6° below normal, ranking 60th warmest and 68th coolest.
This is the third smallest temperature difference on record between these two months. Following the third mildest April on record, May was only 4.0° milder than the previous month. It was the coolest month compared to normal since January 2022. This ranked as the 52nd coolest May since 1895. The statewide average temperature of 59.3° was 1.9° below the 1991–2020 normal. Otherwise, May temperatures were cooler than normal, and rainfall sparse. Such was the case during the middle two weeks of May and at month’s end, with smoke from wildfires in western Canada frequently passing well overhead, followed by smoke from fires in Nova Scotia and a few in NJ.
When the headline for this monthly report alludes to hazy May skies that were frequently overhead, you know it was a quiet period weather-wise across the Garden State.
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