OBSERVER REPORTS

Most of the data displayed below have been taken from personal weather stations that are part of The Weather Underground's extensive network of weather observers.

JANUARY 2025		Temperature							Precipitation
		Avg	Avg						Liquid			Frozen
STATION	LOCATION	Max	Min	Avg	Max	Day	Min	Day	Sum	Max	Day	Sum	Max	Day
Milford	CONNECTICUT	35.4	21.9	28.7	51	1	5	22	0.66	0.25	18	---	---	---
Bergenfield	NEW JERSEY	36.5	22.6	29.6	53	29	3	22	0.58	0.31	19	4.4	3.5	19
Bergenfield	NEW JERSEY	35.6	23.1	29.4	52	29	6	22	0.37	0.19	19	---	---	---
Bayonne	NEW JERSEY	37.9	25.3	31.6	53	29	11	21	0.22	0.12	31	---	---	---
Carteret	NEW JERSEY	38.3	23.2	30.8	54	29	6	22	0.26	0.13	31	---	---	---
Cedar Grove	NEW JERSEY	36.1	21.5	28.8	50	29	1	22	0.73	0.32	20	6.9	5.2	20
Cliffside Park	NEW JERSEY	36.6	24.9	30.8	52	29	9	22	0.39	0.24	31	---	---	---
Cresskill	NEW JERSEY	37.2	20.5	28.9	54	29	-1	22	0.28	0.13	31	---	---	---
Dumont	NEW JERSEY	36.6	21.1	28.9	52	29	0	22	0.49	0.22	31	---	---	---
Emerson	NEW JERSEY	36.0	22.0	29.0	52	29	2	22	0.29	0.08	31	---	---	---
Englewood	NEW JERSEY	35.5	24.0	29.8	52	29	5	22	0.17	0.09	18	---	---	---
Fairlawn	NEW JERSEY	36.7	23.0	29.9	53	1	4	22	0.25	0.15	31	---	---	---
Hasbrouck Hts	NEW JERSEY	35.2	22.6	28.9	51	29	4	22	0.54	0.23	31	---	---	---
Hoboken	NEW JERSEY	37.2	26.2	31.7	53	29	11	22	0.24	0.11	19	---	---	---
Jersey City	NEW JERSEY	36.2	25.7	31.0	51	29	10	22	0.17	0.10	31	---	---	---
Leonia	NEW JERSEY	36.6	24.0	30.3	52	29	7	22	0.39	0.26	31	---	---	---
Marcella	NEW JERSEY	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
Maywood	NEW JERSEY	36.9	23.4	30.2	53	29	5	22	0.37	0.23	31	---	---	---
New Milford	NEW JERSEY	36.7	23.5	30.1	53	29	4	22	0.40	0.21	31	---	---	---
Newark Airport	NEW JERSEY	38.3	24.5	31.4	54	29	7	21	0.47	0.22	19	3.7	2.4	19
Northvale	NEW JERSEY	36.5	20.9	28.7	53	29	0	22	0.29	0.15	31	---	---	---
Norwood	NEW JERSEY	37.1	20.1	28.6	52	29	-1	22	0.26	0.14	31	---	---	---
Saddle Brook	NEW JERSEY	36.5	22.4	29.5	52	29	4	22	0.28	0.20	31	---	---	---
Somerset	NEW JERSEY	36.3	19.3	27.8	51	29	-1	22	0.67	0.34	19	4.9	3.5	19
South Amboy	NEW JERSEY	36.8	24.0	30.4	53	29	8	22	0.24	0.14	31	---	---	---
Teterboro	NEW JERSEY	36.6	22.8	29.7	52	29	6	21	0.61	0.27	19	---	---	---
Weehawken	NEW JERSEY	36.6	24.6	30.6	52	29	9	22	0.30	0.18	31	---	---	---
Woodbridge	NEW JERSEY	37.2	22.1	29.7	53	29	4	23	0.87	0.66	31	---	---	---
Greenwood Lake	NEW YORK	32.9	18.7	25.8	49	29	1	22	0.27	0.13	31	---	---	---
Nyack	NEW YORK	35.8	23.1	29.5	51	29	6	22	0.00	0.00	1	---	---	---
Sparkill	NEW YORK	36.2	19.5	27.9	52	29	-1	22	0.52	0.28	26	---	---	---
Suffern	NEW YORK	35.8	18.4	27.1	51	29	-2	22	0.20	0.09	31	---	---	---
Yonkers	NEW YORK	37.2	25.0	31.1	53	29	10	22	0.34	0.25	31	---	---	---
Brooklyn Heights	NEW YORK CITY	38.7	27.5	33.1	50	29	13	22	0.27	0.14	31	---	---	---
Bronx	NEW YORK CITY	36.8	26.0	31.4	52	29	11	22	0.64	0.28	31	---	---	---
Central Park	NEW YORK CITY	36.5	25.9	31.2	52	29	10	22	0.61	0.26	19	3.0	1.6	19
Coney Island	NEW YORK CITY	37.3	26.3	31.8	52	29	12	21	0.24	0.13	31	---	---	---
East Village	NEW YORK CITY	38.9	26.9	32.9	55	29	12	21	0.22	0.12	31	---	---	---
Hells Kitchen	NEW YORK CITY	38.3	29.4	33.9	52	29	15	22	0.55	0.22	31	---	---	---
JFK Airport	NEW YORK CITY	39.1	27.0	33.0	55	29	13	22	0.65	0.24	19	2.5	1.6	19
LaGuardia Airport	NEW YORK CITY	37.6	27.3	32.4	53	29	13	22	0.51	0.18	19	4.5	3.6	19
NAT. HIST. MUSEUM	NEW YORK CITY	37.1	26.5	31.8	52	29	10	22	0.22	0.12	31	---	---	---
Morris Plains	NEW YORK CITY	37.7	25.3	31.5	52	29	10	22	0.44	0.26	31	---	---	---
Norton Point	NEW YORK CITY	36.1	27.1	31.6	49	29	12	21	0.23	0.13	31	---	---	---
Sunset Park	NEW YORK CITY	37.1	26.1	31.6	52	29	12	21	0.23	0.11	31	---	---	---
West Village	NEW YORK CITY	40.0	27.2	33.6	54	29	12	22	0.27	0.13	31	---	---	---
Cape May Harbour	NEW JERSEY SHORE	38.3	27.0	32.7	56	29	13	23	0.60	0.46	31	---	---	---
Cliffwood Beach	NEW JERSEY SHORE	37.1	23.4	30.3	53	29	8	22	0.30	0.19	31	---	---	---
Atlantic Highlands	NEW JERSEY SHORE	36.1	23.1	29.6	53	29	9	21	---	---	---	---	---	---
Keyport	NEW JERSEY SHORE	38.2	23.7	31.0	55	29	8	22	0.23	0.13	31	---	---	---
Leonardo	NEW JERSEY SHORE	37.1	24.1	30.6	53	29	8	23	0.21	0.14	31	---	---	---
Point Pleasant	NEW JERSEY SHORE	37.6	24.4	31.0	54	29	11	22	0.75	0.47	31	---	---	---
Wildwood	NEW JERSEY SHORE	38.8	27.1	33.0	59	29	14	23	0.75	0.38	9	---	---	---
Kempton Park	SOUTH AFRICA	83.3	61.5	72.4	93	24	57	27	5.60	1.56	1	---	---	---

Rudy Nickmann in Bergenfield, New Jersey

Temperatures were 2.3°F (1.3°C) below normal here in Bergenfield during this past January with an average of 29.6°F (-1.4°C). A maximum temperature of 53°F (11.7°C) was reached on the 29th. The minimum of 3°F (-11.1°C) was recorded on the 22th.

Only 0.58" (14.7mm) of precipitation fell during the month making it the driest January on record. The previous record was 1.12" in both 1985 and 2002. A storm on the 19th deposited 3.5" (8.9cm) of snow.

Two new daily records were set this month... wind gusts of 34mph(NW) on the 8th and 45(NW) on the 9th both established new daily records.

Jeffrey Morrison in Somerset, New Jersey

The average temperature for January was 27.8°F which was -3.8°F below the New Brunswick 1991-2020 average. The high for the month was 51°F on the 29th. An arctic blast beginning on the 20th brought 6 straight days with lows in single digits, with -1°F recorded as the lowest for the month on the 22nd. This was the first day below zero in Somerset since January 7, 2018 (-5°F). Depending on topography and elevation, low temperatures in the winter can vary widely. For example, on the 22nd, the low at Walpack (Sussex County) was -17°F, but even closer, Duke Farms, in nearby Hillsborough, recorded a morning low of -9°F. The 6 single digit days in January are double the 3 such days in all of 2023 and 2024 combined. Last year, January 2024 was much milder with an average of 34.4°F

Precipitation for January totaled only 0.67” which was -3.08” (-82%) well below the New Brunswick 1991-2020 average. Total snow for the four measurable events here in January was only 4.9”, with the largest being 3.5” on the 19th. Total snow thus far this season is 9.1”, about 65% of normal. Snowfall varied across the state. On the 9th, Somerset received 0.9” of snow, but the storm track impacted south Jersey much more with 8” in Cape May. A very rare snowstorm in the deep south on the 21st dropped 8” snow in New Orleans (the most in 100 years), 4” in Houston (a city that maintains no snowplows) and a new Florida state record of 8.8” in Milton (near Pensacola). Following the snow here on the 19th, there were 11 straight days without any precipitation until rain on the 31st. When all the NJ precipitation data are gathered by the State Climatologist’s Office, it is likely that this January will be one of the top 5 driest (records back to 1895). Last January, precipitation totaled 5.83” with 5.5” of snow.

Jeff Kunick in Cedar Grove, New Jersey

For the 1964-2025 January averages, temperature was 0.1º colder than normal, precipitation was 3.20” below normal, and snowfall was 3.0” below normal. No daily high or low temperature, precipitation, or snowfall records were set. Snowfall for the season stands at 12.5” which is 5.1” below normal. This was the second driest January on record (0.68” in 1981). No thunder or severe weather was noted.

Dave Cox in Kempton Park, South Africa

Like December, this has been a month of two halves. Generally, cool, cloudy and wet until mid month then warm, sunny and dry. Overall, temperatures averaged about 1°C above normal. Rainfall was slightly below normal.