Get Ready Folks For What Could Be The Last 90 Degree Day For A While

Hot Humid Weather Looks To Return To Jersey On Friday

Since May 7th, there have been 38 days of temperatures of 90 degrees or higher in South Plainfield. Tomorrow could be another one of those kind of days here in the Garden State. After getting a brief break from the warm, humid weather that gripped the region on Wednesday thanks to the severe weather that hit on Wednesday night, Jersey residents are likely to have one more bout of hot weather on Friday before fall finally begins to kick in over the weekend.

Now, the forecast, which had originally called for temperatures to climb just above 90, has been scaled back just slightly to a high of 89 degrees. However, it is not out of the realm of possibility that there will be temperatures over 90 around the region. There will be some morning fog, which could be dense in some places, but that will burn off. Showers are possible later in the late evening going into early Saturday morning, but the severe weather threat that was expected earlier in the week is not anticipated to materialize.

Looking at the weather on Thursday, temperatures were lower, but still a bit mild. The high was down to 78 degrees, but the low was only 62.5 so the average temperature for the day was still at 70.4 degrees. Consequently, we still had 5.4 cooling degree days for the day. Dewpoints were only down slightly as well. After climbing to 67 degrees on Wednesday, it fell to a still relatively uncomfortable 64 degrees. I had happened to go out for a run in the mid-afternoon, and it was just as hard to get through as it was yesterday. I always say that dew point is a very important factor to watch.