GWC’s Weather Week That Was – April 20 – 26, 2025
Greg’s Weather Center – Data for the Week of April 20-26, 2025
Location: South Plainfield, NJ
Latitude: 40.58 N
Longitude: 74.42 W
| Date | High Temp | Low Temp | Diurnal Range | Rainfall | Peak Rainfall Rate | High Pressure | Low Pressure |
| 4/20/2025 | 67 | 48 | 19 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.30 | 29.93 |
| 4/21/2025 | 57 | 44 | 13 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.30 | 29.98 |
| 4/22/2025 | 81 | 49 | 32 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 29.97 | 29.89 |
| 4/23/2025 | 76 | 53 | 23 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.19 | 30.12 |
| 4/24/2025 | 82 | 46 | 36 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.27 | 30.16 |
| 4/25/2025 | 80 | 51 | 29 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 30.20 | 29.98 |
| 4/26/2025 | 72 | 54 | 18 | 0.14 | 1.14 | 29.98 | 29.67 |
Temperature for the Week of April 20-26, 2025
- Average High Temperature: 73.6°
- Max Temperature: 82° on April 24th
- Min Temperature: 44° on April 21st
Diurnal Range for the Week of April 20-26, 2025
NOTE: The diurnal range of temperature is the difference between the high temperature and low temperature on a given day.
- Average Diurnal Range of Temperature: 24.3°
- Max Diurnal Range: 36° on April 24th
- Min Diurnal Range: 13° on April 21st
Rainfall for the Week of April 20-26, 2025
- Average Daily Rainfall: 0.02 inches
- Max Rainfall: 0.14 inches on April 26th
- Min Rainfall: 0.00 inches on April 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th.
- Peak Rainfall Rate: 1.14 inches per hour on April 26th
Pressure for the Week of April 20-26, 2025
- Max Pressure: 30.30 on April 20th and April 21st
- Min Pressure: 29.67 on April 26th
- Largest Pressure Drop: 0.53 of an inch or 17.7 millibars from 7:40 AM on April 25th to 6:36 PM on April 26th
- Largest Pressure Rise: 0.38 of an inch or 12.7 millibars from 3:25 PM on April 22nd to 9:04 AM on April 24th
Summary
The week of April 20th to April 26th, 2025 was a dry and warmer period. There was no measurable rainfall on six out of the seven days. The final day of the period, April 26th, was the only day with measurable rain, and it wasn’t much. Over the last two weeks, there were 12 days without any rain, and only produced a total of only 0.29 of an inch of rainfall.
Meanwhile, the temperature was on the increase with three days of 80-degree weather. Since March 31st, there have been five days with a high temperature of at least 80, and three of those days came this week. The stormiest day of the week was April 26th with barometric pressure dropping to its lowest level of the period at 29.67 inches or 1005 millibars. A cold front brought in showers and storms.
Some storms to the north and south of GWC were severe including a tornado warned cell near Seaside Heights and another that produced gusty winds and heavy rain in Essex, Morris, Passaic, and Sussex counties. Another huge weather story this week was the Jones Road wildfire that scorched over 15,000 acres in Barnegat, Lacey Township, and Waretown in Southern Ocean County.