Fortescue, NJ Climate

Fortescue, NJ has a humid subtropical climate with hot and humid summers and cold winters. The average high temperature in the summer months is around 85 degrees Fahrenheit while the average low can drop to the mid 40s in the winter months. Precipitation is common throughout the year, averaging around 45 inches per year. Winters also bring snowfall to the region, ranging from an inch or two up to several feet of snow depending on the severity of each season.

Climate	Fortescue, New Jersey	United States
Rainfall		38.1

Climate

YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many people confuse weather and climate but they are different. Weather is the conditions of the atmosphere over a short period of time, and climate is how the atmosphere is over long periods of time.

Weather is how the atmosphere is behaving and its effects upon life and human activities. Weather can change from minute-to-minute. Most people think of weather in terms of temperature, humidity, precipitation, cloudiness, brightness, visibility, wind, and atmospheric pressure.

Climate is the description of the long-term pattern of weather in a place. Climate can mean the average weather for a particular region and time period taken over 30 years. Climate is the average of weather over time.