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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of August 2022. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.

Parameter: Average Temperature Maximum Temperature Minimum Temperature Precipitation Cooling Degree Days Heating Degree Days Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) Palmer Hydrological Drought Index (PHDI) Palmer Modified Drought Index (PMDI) Palmer Z-Index

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New Jersey

Average Temperature Rankings, April 1981

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Period	Value	1901-2000 Mean	Anomaly	Rank (1895-2022)	Warmest/Coolest Since	Record
April 1981 1-Month	53.0°F (11.7°C)	49.3°F (9.6°C)	3.7°F (2.1°C)	116th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1907
				13th Warmest	Warmest since: 1960	2017
	Ties: 2008
Mar–Apr 1981 2-Month	45.6°F (7.6°C)	44.3°F (6.8°C)	1.3°F (0.8°C)	84th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1916, 1940
				45th Warmest	Warmest since: 1979	1921
	Ties: 1902, 1953, 1963
Feb–Apr 1981 3-Month	42.4°F (5.8°C)	39.7°F (4.3°C)	2.7°F (1.5°C)	99th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1934
				30th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2012
	Ties: 1953
Jan–Apr 1981 4-Month	37.6°F (3.1°C)	37.2°F (2.9°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1904
				61st Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2012
	Ties: 1927, 1930, 1939, 1960, 1993
Dec 1980–Apr 1981 5-Month	36.1°F (2.3°C)	36.4°F (2.4°C)	-0.3°F (-0.1°C)	52nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1931, 1967, 1968
Nov 1980–Apr 1981 6-Month	36.8°F (2.7°C)	37.4°F (3.0°C)	-0.6°F (-0.3°C)	36th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904
				92nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1959, 1965, 2003
Oct 1980–Apr 1981 7-Month	39.1°F (3.9°C)	39.9°F (4.4°C)	-0.8°F (-0.5°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1978	1904
				91st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1959
Sep 1980–Apr 1981 8-Month	42.7°F (5.9°C)	43.0°F (6.1°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	47th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1918
				81st Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1925, 1996, 2014
Aug 1980–Apr 1981 9-Month	46.4°F (8.0°C)	46.2°F (7.9°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	61st Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				67th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1969
Jul 1980–Apr 1981 10-Month	49.3°F (9.6°C)	49.0°F (9.4°C)	0.3°F (0.2°C)	68th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				60th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1903, 1909, 1939, 1947
Jun 1980–Apr 1981 11-Month	50.9°F (10.5°C)	50.7°F (10.4°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	56th Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904
				72nd Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1901, 1903, 1947, 1951, 1958, 1969
May 1980–Apr 1981 12-Month	51.8°F (11.0°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.4°F (0.2°C)	72nd Coolest	Coolest since: 1979	1904, 1918
				56th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2012
	Ties: 1909, 1957, 1971, 1984
Nov 1979–Apr 1981 18-Month	47.5°F (8.6°C)	46.8°F (8.2°C)	0.7°F (0.4°C)	81st Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1905
				46th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1958
May 1979–Apr 1981 24-Month	51.9°F (11.1°C)	51.5°F (10.8°C)	0.4°F (0.3°C)	73rd Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1905
				54th Warmest	Warmest since: 1976	2017
	Ties: 1952
May 1978–Apr 1981 36-Month	51.6°F (10.9°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.2°F (0.1°C)	60th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1906
				66th Warmest	Warmest since: 1977	2013, 2018, 2021, 2022
	Ties: 1921, 1923
May 1977–Apr 1981 48-Month	51.4°F (10.8°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	0.0°F (0.0°C)	49th Coolest	Coolest since: 1980	1907
				76th Warmest	Warmest since: 1978	2019, 2022
	Ties: 1924, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1959, 1961, 1982
May 1976–Apr 1981 60-Month	51.1°F (10.6°C)	51.4°F (10.8°C)	-0.3°F (-0.2°C)	37th Coolest	Coolest since: 1971	1908
				87th Warmest	Warmest since: 1980	2020
	Ties: 1924, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1963, 1969, 1971

Citing This Page

• NOAA National Centers for Environmental information, Climate at a Glance: Statewide Time Series, Average Temperature, published September 2022, retrieved on October 6, 2022 from https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/