1. Monitoring NJ Climate Variability & Change
Dr. David A. Robinson
NJ State Climatologist, NJAES
Professor, Department of Geography

2. Office of the NJ State Climatologist
Data
Information
Knowledge
Decision
NJclimate.org

3. Monitoring over past decades

4. Trends in annual mean New Jersey precipitation: 1895-2014
55”
35”
1900
2010
data source: National Climatic Data Center 4

5. Trends in annual mean New Jersey temperature; 1895-2014
55° F
49° F
1900
2010
data source: National Climatic Data Center 5

6. More extreme months since the turn of the century

7. Monitoring current conditions

8. NJ Weather &
Climate Network
NJweather.org 8

9. NJWxNet 58 stations (10 more in 2015) 5 minute updates
Multitude of variables
NJweather.org

10. Unique variables for the agricultural community Soil temperature
and moisture
Solar Radiation
Evapotranspiration

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12. Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network:
7AM 15 July – 7AM 16 July, 2014

13. Working together to serve the NJ agricultural community
DATA
PRODUCTS
OUTREACH &
TRAINING