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Climate of 2002 - September
New Jersey Drought

National Climatic Data Center, 11 October 2002

The precipitation pattern for this month was near-normal, statewide, similar to the pattern which has held sway for most of the last seven months. However, the extreme dryness of July and earlier months has resulted in the third driest hydrologic year (October-September) in the 108-year record.

Statewide Precipitation Ranks
for New Jersey , 2001-2002
Period	Rank
Sep	49^th wettest ( 60^th driest)
Aug-Sep	48^th driest
Jul-Sep	17^th driest
Jun-Sep	33^rd driest
May-Sep	38^th driest
Apr-Sep	42^nd driest
Mar-Sep	46^th driest
Feb-Sep	24^th driest
Jan-Sep	19^th driest
Dec-Sep	11^th driest
Nov-Sep	5^th driest
Oct-Sep	3^rd driest

Click here for graphic showing New Jersey statewide precipitation departures, January 1998 - present

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Click here for graphic showing New Jersey statewide Palmer Z Index, January 1998 - present

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Click here for graphic showing New Jersey statewide precipitation, October-September 1895-2002

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Click here for graphic showing New Jersey statewide Palmer Hydrological Drought Index, January 1900 - September 2002

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