The record
Everything the slot carries, as measured. Series arrays are drawn above and listed here in full.
| event_type | Drought |
|---|---|
| ncei_event_id | 5,673,778 |
| episode_id | 2,151,390 |
| begin_utc | 1999-01-01T04:58:00+00:00 |
| end_utc | 1999-01-01T04:58:00+00:00 |
| state | NEW JERSEY |
| cz_type | Z |
| cz_name | MERCER |
| deaths_direct | 0 |
| deaths_indirect | 0 |
| injuries_direct | 0 |
| injuries_indirect | 0 |
| damage_property | 0 |
| wfo_source | AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC |
| episode_narrative | As dry as July through November were, for most of New Jersey, December was even drier. On a county weighted average, every county in New Jersey had less than 1.5 inches of precipitation (.9 to 1.4 inches), except in Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland Counties where precipitation reached around 60 percent of the monthly normal. For most of the state the precipitation was around 2.5 inches below normal. The two driest counties were Hunterdon and Mercer which only received about 24 percent of their normal monthly precipitation. July through December 1998 was also the second driest six month period ever in the state of New Jersey. The average statewide precipitation total of 12.04 inches was only 52 percent of normal. The only drier six month period was November 1984 through April 1985 when a statewide average of 11.92 inches fell. Statewide precipitation records have been kept in New Jersey since 1895. December 1998 was also an unseasonably warm month and averaged between 4 and 6 degrees above normal. The monthly mean temperature of 44.1 degrees at the Marina within Atlantic City was the 5th warmest December on record. It was also the 5th warmest December on record at the nearby Lehigh Valley (37.5 degrees) and Philadelphia (42.0 degrees) International Airports. The monthly mean temperature of 39.9 degrees at the Atlantic City International Airport was the 10th warmest December on record. |
| year | 1,998 |
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