New Jersey Weather Description

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New Jersey has two climatic conditions due to its location being halfway between the equator and the North Pole on the eastern coast of the United States. The south, central, and northeastern parts of the state undergo a humid mesothermal climate. The northwest experiences a humid continental climate with cooler temperatures due to its higher elevation. Summers in New Jersey are hot and humid. A statewide average of high temperatures is 82-87 °F and low temperatures of 60-69 °F. Winters are cold with average temperatures of 34-43 °F and low temperatures of 16-28 °F. Sporadically in the winter, it may drop below 10 °F and rise above 50 °F. Snow averages to fall from about October 15 to April 30 in the highlands and from about November 15 to …show more content…

Northwestern parts have colder winters due to higher elevation and experience sub-0 °F. In addition, 10-15 inches of snow fall each year in the south. Spring and autumn temperatures vary with low humidity than summer. In autumn, Atlantic City may remain warmer than the rest of the state due to the warmer sea. Spring averages in the 50’s °F in late March to 80 °F in early June. Moreover, average annual precipitation ranges from about 45 inches. Along the southeast coast, precipitation is 40 inches and in north-central parts of the state, it is 51 inches. Many areas average between 43-47 inches of precipitation. The driest setting in the state is Atlantic City, while the wettest is Morris Plains in the central part of …show more content…

Nearly all of the trees, shrubs, herbs, mosses and lichens, are found in the uplands or the wetlands. The large amount of moisture in the wetland sites sustains dense vegetation. Uncultivated fields in parts of the wetlands are revegetated by pitch pine and shortleaf pine. In the western margin, Virginia pine and red cedar are scattered. The Pine Barrens uplands are largely forested. The Pine Barrens shrubs, especially low bush blueberry and hog huckleberry can be found here and the ground beneath the pines is covered by fire sedge, orange broom sedge, switch grass or other grasses. Also, herbaceous plants are meager in the upland forest. In the northeastern section, scarlet oak is widespread while southern red oak is widespread in the southern section of the Pine Barrens. In the Pine-Oak Forest, black oak, chestnut oak, scarlet oak, and white oak cover about 25 percent of the ground while pitch pine covers about 30 percent. Moreover, in Bergen County some common plants are baneberries, sugar maple, red maple, hazel alder, bog rosemary,

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