Rutgers Expert Can Discuss November and 2020 Warmth, Top Snowfall Seasons in N.J.

New Brunswick, N.J. (Dec. 9, 2020) – Rutgers University–New Brunswick climatologist David A. Robinson is available for interviews on the extreme warmth in New Jersey in November and 2020 to date, as well as the 10 snowiest and 10 least snowy seasons since 1895.

“Last month tied 2009 as having the third-warmest November temperature in New Jersey since record-keeping began in 1895. The temperature averaged 49.2 degrees statewide – 4 degrees above the norm for 1981 to 2010 – and last month joined six other Novembers this century in being among the seven warmest in last 126 years,” according to Robinson, New Jersey State Climatologist and a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Geography in the School of Arts and Sciences. “Meteorological fall (September, October and November) tied with 2016 and 2017 as the sixth warmest on record and there’s a good chance that 2020 will be New Jersey’s second warmest year on record.”

The full “The Heat Goes On: November & Fall 2020 Recaps” report is the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist and Rutgers NJ Weather Network websites.

Meanwhile, here are the 10 highest and lowest seasonal snowfall totals on record in New Jersey (statewide averages), according to the Office of the New Jersey State Climatologist. The statewide average for 1991 to 2020 is 26 inches of snow. The average for all seasons dating back to 1894-95 is 26.1 inches.

Snowiest Seasons

1. 1995-96: 62.8 inches
2. 1898-99: 58.1 inches
3. 2009-10: 57.8 inches
4. 1966-67: 57 inches
5. 1957-58: 55.9 inches
6. 1960-61: 54.6 inches
7. 2013-14: 54.2 inches
8. 1904-05: 54.1 inches
9. 2002-03: 50.6 inches
10. 1977-78: 47.7 inches

Least Snowy Seasons

1. 1972-73: 4 inches
2. 1918-19: 4.3 inches
3. 2019-20: 4.7 inches
4. 2001-02: 5.9 inches
5. 1997-98: 6.5 inches
6. 2011-12: 7.4 inches
7. 1949-50: 7.5 inches
8. 1991-92: 8.5 inches
9. 1994-95: 8.6 inches
10. 1931-32: 9 inches

Robinson oversees the Rutgers University Global Snow Lab, which includes an internationally recognized database of Northern Hemisphere snow extent throughout the satellite era.

Robinson, who oversees the Rutgers NJ Weather Network and helps coordinate the New Jersey Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, is available to comment at [email protected]

                                                                    ###

Broadcast interviews: Rutgers University has broadcast-quality TV and radio studios available for remote live or taped interviews with Rutgers experts. For more information, contact Neal Buccino at [email protected] 

ABOUT RUTGERS—NEW BRUNSWICK
Rutgers University–New Brunswick is where Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, began more than 250 years ago. Ranked among the world’s top 60 universities, Rutgers’s flagship is a leading public research institution and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities. It has an internationally acclaimed faculty, 12 degree-granting schools and the Big Ten Conference’s most diverse student body.