All those days of spring-like weather during the past few weeks helped make last month the warmest February ever recorded in New Jersey, according to 122 years of data compiled by New Jersey State Climatologist David Robinson.

The average statewide temperature in February was 40.1 degrees, which is exactly 1 degree warmer than the mildest February on record, in 1998, Robinson said.

The normal February temperature in New Jersey -- the average of the daily highs and daily lows in each region of the state -- is 33.5 degrees, so this month has been 6.6 degrees warmer than usual and almost as mild as it usually is in March, Robinson noted.

Robinson, who teaches at Rutgers University and oversees the New Jersey Weather & Climate Network, said his office is in the process of confirming all the specific numbers, but as of now it appears the meteorological winter season (December, January and February) will rank as New Jersey's sixth mildest winter, with an average temperature of 37.3 degrees. That is about 4 degrees above average for the season.

February 2016 was the 19th mildest February on record in New Jersey, with an average temperature of 35.6 degrees, and February 2015 was the third coldest February on record, with an average temperature of 21.9 degrees.

Other projections by Robinson's office, whose statewide climate records go back to 1895:

February 2017 will turn out to be between the 10th and 20th driest February on record, with 1.57 inches of precipitation (rain and melted snow combined).

Statewide snowfall in February averaged 4.7 inches, which is 3.4 inches below average.

The northern third of New Jersey had 9.9 inches of

February records in Newark and Atlantic City

Statistics from the National Weather Service show Newark had its warmest February on record, with an average temperature of 41.6 degrees -- exactly 7 degrees above normal. The city's previous record was 40.7 degrees, set in February 1998.

The weather service also said Atlantic City had its warmest February on record, with an average temperature of 43.0 degrees. The previous record was 40.6 degrees, set in February 1954, and the city's normal February average is 35.3 degrees.

Philadelphia and Allentown, Pa., also set new temperature records in February, the weather service said. Philadelphia's average temperature was 44.2 degrees, topping its old record of 42.2 degrees set in February 1925. Allentown's average temperature was 39.2 degrees, beating its old record of 38.6 degrees set in February 1998.

Note: This post was updated on March 24 to include the final statewide average temperature for February (40.1 degrees). The post originally contained a preliminary average of 39.3 degrees, which was still a record but not the final number calculated by the state climatologist's office.

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