Finally A Break From The August Deluge

Good morning. Sorry for not posting anything yesterday, but it was a very tough day at work, and I wasn’t in the mood to touch a computer or iPad afterwards. Just watched some television. With the recent rains, August has been a very wet month for the Garden State. Here in South Plainfield, New Jersey alone, we have had 7.52 inches of rainfall, which is almost three times as much rain that we had in July.

Much of that rain came within the past three days with 4.15 occurring on Sunday, 0.62 falling on Monday, and 0.47 coming down on early Tuesday morning for a storm total of 5.24 inches, or about 69.7 percent of the total rainfall for the month of August so far. Since the new Vantage Pro 2 weather station was installed in mid-June, we have had 12.69 inches of rain here in Northwestern Middlesex County. For the year to date, we have had nearly 27 inches. Believe it or not, the rain was much needed in some parts of the Garden State.

Despite the runoff from the heavy snows and rainfall that came in the early spring, conditions had become very dry in the southern half of New Jersey. The extremely hot weather in late June and the entire month of July was much of the blame for that. The average temperature for this past July in South Plainfield was 78.42 degrees after an average high of 76.96 over the past couple weeks of June. So far in August, the average temperature has been down to 74.23 degrees.

On Wednesday though, we are expected to get a break. Conditions are off to a great start with clear blue skies and no rain showers or storms in the immediate vicinity. The forecast is calling for a sunny day with temperatures climbing into the mid to upper 80s. Some areas may even reach 90 degrees. Today looks to be only a brief respite from the rain as the chance of showers and storms is in the forecast for Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.