![]() This was 2.8” below normal and ranks as 49th least snowy. March statewide average snowfall was 1.8”. Note the scale in inches at the bottom of the map. March 2023 precipitation across New Jersey based on a PRISM (Oregon State University) analysis generated using NWS Cooperative, CoCoRaHS, NJWxNet, and other professional weather station observations from 7 AM on February 28th to 8 AM on March 31st. The northern coast and northeast were wettest and the southwest and far south driest (Figure 1). Statewide, precipitation averaged 2.75”, which is 1.45” below normal and ranks 29th driest of the past 129 years. The National Centers for Environmental Information northern division averaged 39.8° (+1.0°, 31st mildest), the southern division 43.5° (+1.1°, 31st mildest), and the coastal division 43.7° (+1.5°, 23rd mildest). The average minimum of 32.1° was 0.9° on the mild side, ranking 29th mildest. The average maximum temperature of 52.2° was 1.3° above normal, ranking 37th mildest. This was 1.2° above the 1991–2020 normal and ranks as the 30th mildest March since 1895. The average March temperature across NJ was 42.1°. This quelled concerns that an early blooming season might arise, one that could result in damaged vegetation had an early bloom been followed by an unseasonable cold spell. While March temperatures came in above normal, they were not nearly as anomalously mild as those seen in January and February.
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