Saturday, September 7, 2019

TOP 10 U.S. INCORPORATED PLACES BY POPULATION DENSITY (POPULATION OVER 10,000)


Rank
Incorporated Place
State
Population
(2010 Census)
Land
Area (mi2)
Population
Density
1
Guttenburg*
NJ
11,176
0.196
57,116
2
Union City*
NJ
66,455
1.28
51,810
3
West New York
NJ
49,708
1.007
49,362
4
Hoboken
NJ
50,005
1.28
39,066
5
Kaser
NY
4,724
0.17
27,788
6
New York City**
NY
8,175,133
302.6
27,016
7
Cliffside Park
NJ
23,594
0.96
24,577
8
East Newark
NJ
2,406
0.10
24,060
9
Maywood
CA
27,395
1.18
23,216
10
Passaic
NJ
69,781
3.11
22,437

*Guttenburg is a “town” and Union City is a “city”. Union City is the most densely populated “city” in the U.S.

**Population Density Rankings of the Five Boroughs of New York City
Rank
Borough
Population
Land Area (mi2)
Population Density
1
Manhattan
1,537,195
22.83
69,467
5
Brooklyn
2,504,700
70.82
35,369
6
The Bronx
1,385,108
42.10
32,904
16
Queens
2,230,722
108.53
20,553

Staten Island
468,730
58.37
8,030

Guttenburg, NJ, is the most densely population incorporated place in the U.S. Seen in this image are the Galaxy Towers, which are across the Hudson River from Manhattan. The Galaxy Towers contain 1,075 apartments.

TEMPERATURE DATA FOR THE CONTIGUOUS U.S. - AUGUST 2019


AUGUST

Temp.
Date
Location
Hottest
122°
3,5,15
Death Valley, CA
Average High
116.93°


Lowest High
111°
10
Death Valley, CA
Coldest
17°
27
Peter Sinks, UT
Average Low
28.71°


Highest Low
36°
7,8
(7) Cooper Basin, ID, Gates Park, MT, Sawmill Park, WY
(8) Peter Sinks, UT
Greatest Differential
103°
27
Death Valley 120° and Peter Sinks, UT 17°
Smallest Differential
78°
8, 9
(8) Death Valley 114° and Peter Sinks, UT 36°
(9) Death Valley 113° and several locations 35°
Notes:
·         The hottest daily temperature in the contiguous U.S. was recorded in Death Valley on 28 days in August.
·         There were 9 days in July where the lowest temperature did not go below 32 degrees.

PERIOD
VALUE
1901-2000
MEAN
ANOMALY
RANK
(1895-2019)
WARMEST/COOLEST
SINCE
RECORD
August
2019
73.8°
72.10°
1.77°
113th Coolest Coolest since: 2018
1927
13th Warmest Warmest since: 2011
1983
Ties: 1955
Source: https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cag/national/rankings

YEAR TO DATE (Degrees Fahrenheit)
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Hottest
88
99
102
109
112
120
125
122
Average High
83
88
92
100
104
113
116
117
Lowest High
72
80
84
89
93
104
108
111
Coldest
-56
-50
-46
-8
-4
13
24
17
Average Low
-29
-32
-17
7
14
24
30
29
Highest Low
3
-21
10
19
25
30
36
36
Greatest Differential
136
137
137
109
101
97
96
103
Smallest Differential
81
104
90
84
80
78
77
78
Average high temperature has increased each month this year. First
decline in average low temperature since February.

NOTE: The average temperature (value) in chart 2 is based on reporting from 344 climate divisions in the continental U.S. The average temperatures in Charts 1 and 3 uses only the warmest and coolest locations for each day of the month.