Posted: Thursday, July 28, 2011 10:12 pm
Another heat wave could begin Friday, but temperatures should not be as brutal as last week, the National Weather Service said.
The heat, forecast to peak in the low to mid-90s inland, will cap off July as a record-breaking month, with the highest average temperature since record keeping began.
Forecasts call for similar temperatures through at least Wednesday, with heat indexes in the upper 90s, depending on humidity levels, said Valerie Meola, a National Weather Service meteorologist in Mount Holly. The meteorological definition of a heat wave is at least three consecutive days of 90-degree temperatures, Meola said.
A brief review of climate data for this month by the National Weather Service shows July could set an all-time monthly average temperature by nearly a degree.
The current projection is that July’s average temperature, which includes both daily lows and highs, could be 81 degrees, more than a degree warmer than 2010, which set a record of 79.8 degrees for the Atlantic City reporting station. The station, housed at Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township, has collected data at various places in the area since 1874. The normal average temperature for July is 75.6 degrees, the National Weather Service said.
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