Records for Newark Area, New Jersey (EWRthr) on 05-17
  Record Highs
  
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      1:  94°F (1974)
    
 
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      2:  92°F (2017)
    
 
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      3:  90°F (1977)
    
 
  
 
  Record Lows
  
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      1:  39°F (1956)
    
 
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      2:  40°F (1983)
    
 
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      3:  40°F (1939)
    
 
  
 
  Lowest Highs
  
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      1:  68°F (2015)
    
 
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      2:  67°F (1974)
    
 
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      3:  67°F (1965)
    
 
  
 
  Highest Lows
  
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      1:  53°F (1915)
    
 
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      2:  57°F (1956)
    
 
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      3:  57°F (1916)
    
 
  
 
  Highest May temperature:
  
  99°F on 05-20-1996.
  Lowest May temperature:
  
  33°F on 05-09-1947.
  Average temperature is 63.1°F
  Average high is 72.4°F
  Average low is 53.8°F
 
  Temperature data from 1893 to 2022.
  Record Precipitation
  
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      1:  0.97" (1919)
    
 
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      2:  0.71" (1989)
    
 
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      3:  0.70" (1942)
    
 
  
 
  Precipitation data from 1893 to 2022.