After three straight days of dry and almost-perfect summer weather, Mother Nature will be messing things up late Monday night into Tuesday morning, as a batch of rain showers and thunderstorms moves across New Jersey.
Although the thunderstorms are not expected to be as strong as the ones that hit New Jersey last week, some of them could drop enough rain to cause isolated flooding, according to the National Weather Service.
Once the rain clears out during the afternoon on Tuesday, the humidity will likely remain in place and temperatures will climb into the mid-80s to upper 80s across most of the Garden State on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Possible heat wave on tap
Forecasters from AccuWeather say the first heat wave of the year could be in store for Philadelphia and its suburbs, so the southern and western regions of New Jersey might get three straight days of 90-degree heat. (Daytime temperatures across our region in late June normally run from 83 to 85 degrees.)
If you hate the heat and humidity, just be thankful most of this work week — except for Tuesday — is expected to remain dry. Early forecasts show showers might return late Saturday or Saturday night.
The New Jersey region has had only a handful of 90-degree days so far this year, through June 24.Len Melisurgo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
Few 90-degree days in 2019
The National Weather Service’s three major climate sites in New Jersey have seen only a handful of 90-degree days so far this year.
- Atlantic City International Airport in Pomona has recorded two 90-degree days, on May 20 and May 29.
- Newark Liberty International Airport has recorded only one 90-degree day, on May 26.
- Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing has recorded no 90-degree days this year.
Trenton’s highest reading was 88 degrees on May 20. So far in June, Trenton’s highest temperature has been just 84 degrees, on June 5 and also on June 6. Newark’s highest reading this month has been 87 degrees, recorded on June 6 and June 23.
New York City’s main climate site, in Central Park, has recorded no 90-degree days so far this year. Its highest reading was 86 degrees on May 26. Its highest temperature this month has been 83 degrees.
Philadelphia’s main climate site, at Philadelphia International Airport, has recorded just one 90-degree day this year, on May 29. Its highest temperature this month has been 87 degrees.
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