A Potpourri of Weather: June 2017 Summary and Mid-Year Recap
A Better Approach to Calculating Daily Mean Temperature
The following report was written by Eric Davis, a Chatham High School Senior, based on research performed during 1-month internship at the Office of the NJ State Climatologist
The convention of the weather and climate community has been to calculate the observed daily mean temperature by summing the maximum and minimum instantaneous temperatures during a 24-hour period and dividing by two. However, does this recording method capture and represent the true average temperature over the course of a day?
A Better Approach to Calculating Daily Mean Temperature
The convention of the weather and climate community has been to calculate the observed daily mean temperature by summing the maximum and minimum instantaneous temperatures during a 24-hour period and dividing by two. However, does this recording method capture and represent the true average temperature over the course of a day? This conventional approach fails to integrate significant behaviors of temperature associated with rapid weather events, frontal passages, sea breezes, and even seasonal temperature variations.
Long Winded: March 2017 Recap
Damaged Magnolia flowers in Piscataway (Middlesex County) as the result of an exceptionally warm February followed by more typical cold March conditions.
March in February, & Another Mild Season: February and Winter 2016-2017 Recap
Crocuses made an early appearance during an unseasonably warm February (photo by Robyn Gerbush).
February Overview
A Rather Quiet End to the Year: December 2016 Recap and Annual Summary, including the Top 10 Events of 2016
Snow in Hillsborough (Somerset County) on January 24, 2016, a day after a blizzard dropped 1.0–2.5 feet of snow over most of the state.
Gradual Seasonal Transition: November 2016 and Fall 2016 Recaps
A snowy scene at High Point Monument (Sussex County) on November 20 after a 6.5" snowfall (photo by Shawn Viggiano).
November Overview