2. Temperature Records for Asbury Park, New Jersey

3. Created by:  Rognac  Lewis

4. Asbury Park’s Climate  There are 5 climate regions in New Jersey. Asbury Park is in the coastal zone.

5. N.J. Coastal Climate N.J. Coastal Climate  The ocean influences our weather.  In autumn and early winter our climate will be warmer due to warm ocean water.  In Spring the cold ocean water will keep the temperatures cooler in Asbury Park.  Sea breezes can also change our weather.

6.  January is usually the coldest month with average temperatures in the mid 30’s  August is usually the warmest month with the average temperature at 80 degrees, but cooler near the ocean

7. Average temperatures for Asbury Park, NJ Source: http://www.city-data.com/city/Asbury-Park-New-Jersey.html

8. Step 1  We look up the high/low temperatures using AOL weather forecast for Asbury Park.

10. Step 2  We enter the data on the EXCEL chart we made.

13. Step 3  On Fridays we lead a class in interpreting the chart and computing the mean, mode, median, and ranges in temperatures.

15. Sample Math Worksheet  1. What was the mean (average) low temperature for the week?  2. What was the mean (average) high temperature for the week?  3. What day had the highest temperature?  4. what day had the lowest temperature?  5. What was the mode?  6. What was the median temperature?  7. What was the range in temperatures?

16.  The following pages show the graphs for the weather for each week.  We also converted the Fahrenheit temperatures to Celsius since this is used in many other countries. We used www.apples4theteacher.com or www.apples4theteacher.com  www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm temperature conversion calculator to do this. You can also use this equation for the conversions: C=5/9(F-32) www.onlineconversion.com/temperature.htm

20. January’s Weather Analysis  The temperatures in Asbury Park were above average for the month of January 2006.

24. February’s Weather Analysis  The temperature in February 2006 were warmer this year then the average temperatures for this month.

29. March’s Weather Analysis  In March the temperatures were warmer this year, 2006, than in the past.

33. April’s Weather Analysis  The temperature was about the same as the last years average.

37. May’s Weather Analysis  The temperature was about the same as the last years average.