Category: Shore Local Magazine
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How do those cooling sea breezes form at the Shore?
This article appeared in Shore Local News on May 14. We live by the sea breeze and die by the sea breeze. Figurately, of course, but only kind of. How often has it been 95 degrees in Hammonton or Trenton, only to fall to 78 degrees in Ocean City or Atlantic City? That kind of…
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Why this snowy winter was NOT enough to cure NJ’s 2026 drought
This article initially appeared in Shore Local News on April 30, 2026 It’s unanimous, according to the state and federal agencies in charge of keeping track of drought conditions. Since November, New Jersey has been in drought, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. Then, on April 14, the Jersey Shore was put into…
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🌀How likely is a hurricane, tropical storm in NJ in 2026? Forecast released.
This article initially appeared in Shore Local Newsmagazine on April 16 The Atlantic Hurricane season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30. We know that very well here in New Jersey, as does Colorado State University – yes, landlocked Colorado State University which just put out one of the most anticipated hurricane forecasts of the…
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How will developing El Niño impact NJ’s weather in 2026?
Goodbye La Niña and hello El Niño – possibly a “super” El Niño. Expected between July and September, this shift in the Earth’s long-term weather patterns will define how we experience the upcoming hurricane season, as well as the snow and cold of next winter. Forecasters from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration give El…
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The 7 reasons why the 2026 nor’easter was memorable in NJ
This article initially appeared in Shore Local magazine on Feb. 26 Just as a generational run of snowcover was starting to go away, a fresh nor’easter piled near historic snow amounts onto our lawns, beaches, cars and streets Feb. 22-23. While nor’easters at the Jersey Shore are feared most for their tidal flooding, it was…
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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…