CIESEmath Activity
Unit 1 Lesson 5
Teacher page
What's the temperature usually like in September?

Student Page:

To find out go to http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/research/cag3/nj.html
(Make this page a favorite on your browser.)

You should see this:
Change Period : to September  first year to display 1985 and click on SUBMIT.




Answers to Questions:
1. In what years did the 2 lowest temperatures for September occur?
(1988, 63.5) (1990, 64)

2. Which year has the lowest temperature?
1988

3. In what years did the 3 highest temperatures for September occur?
  (1998, 68.5) (2002, 67.6) (2004, 68)

4. Which year has the highest temperature?
2005

5. In which span of years (1986-1995) or (1996-2004) is the range of temperatures higher?
1996-2004. The trend line indicates temperatures are going up. From the climate calculator the average in 1986-1995 is 64.97. In 1996-2004 it was 66.5.

6. What is this graph telling you about September temperatures in New Jersey?
The trend is toward's higher temperatures

7. Which year (1986 to 2004) had the most rainfall (precipitation) in September? (Hint: To figure this out you will need to go back to the original webpage and change the Data Type from Mean Temperature to Precipitation.)
1999 had 9.6 inches. See graph below.