Category: Shore Local Magazine
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Here’s how cold the Jersey Shore was in January
This article initially appeared in Shore Local Magazine on Feb. 5 With temperatures much colder than average around here, the depths of winter have been feeling more like New England than the Jersey Shore. From Jan. 18 to 31, temperatures at Atlantic City International Airport were what the same typical two-week period would be in…
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January 2026 Jersey Shore winter storm brought it all
This article initially appeared in Shore Local magazine on Jan. 28 The biggest New Jersey winter storm of the 2025-’26 season so far brought the roads, rails and skies to a halt on Sunday. An atmospheric river from the South Pacific collided with an Arctic air mass, creating near-perfect conditions for a significant winter storm…
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Winter Storm Jonas, 10 years later
I was going to write this column anyway, but with the 2016 Challenge spreading throughout the internet, this came at a perfect time. The Blizzard of 2016 happened Jan. 22 to 24 of that year. The Weather Channel named it Winter Storm Jonas, which is how many of us know it today. It came with high…
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Tidal flooding continues upward trajectory
This article initially appeared in Shore Local News on Jan. 15, 2026 The Jersey Shore had two memorable tidal flooding events in 2025 – August’s Hurricane Erin, and an October nor’easter. New analysis shows that while tidal flooding in 2025 was generally lower than in 2023 and 2024, most of the South Jersey shoreline still…
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The 7 things NJ should know about weather in 2026
This article first appeared in Shore Local News on Jan. 8 I can’t forecast the Jersey Shore weather 365 days out, but given a full year of a new president, and the recent election of a new governor, expect behind-the-scenes, policy-side changes when it comes to meteorology. Overall, 2025 was a pretty quiet year for big…
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The Jersey Shore’s Top 10 Weather Events of 2025
This article initally appeared in Shore Local magazine on Dec. 30, 2025 A variety of weather and near weather events grace my Jersey Shore top 10 events of 2025 list. However, there are two notable absences. Snow did not make my list, at least not directly. The snow on Dec. 14 did peak at the…
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America just developed 3 AI forecast weather models, including 1 bold new one
Following in the footsteps of the European weather community, Google, and others, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has entered the artificial intelligence weather forecast model arms race, and it may have done enough to become the leader. The government agency, responsible for the National Weather Service and the authority for weather alerts in…
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For the 16th year in a row, no White Christmas forecast at the Jersey Shore
It’s been one of the coldest starts to December on record at the Jersey Shore. However, a thaw is here, leaving our chances of a white Christmas at near zero. This article first appeared in Shore Local News on Dec. 18 The Climate Prediction Centerhttps://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is…
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NJ is back in a Drought Warning, but it never really left
On Dec. 5, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) issued a drought warning for the state. It brings back not-so-distant memories of barely flowing streams and record dry weather. However, unlike the previous drought warning, Jersey Shore fares the best in the state this time around. A drought warning is not an emergency…
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With polar vortex unlocked, NJ likely gets a frigid start to winter
Stream the Jersey Shore Live Weather Channel for free! The polar vortex has been poked and distributed in the stratosphere. Now it’s a waiting game as rounds of Arctic air run through New Jersey, reload and sweep through the Northeast again for much of December. As of Nov. 30, the time of this writing, it…