Category: Shore Local Magazine
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How did NJ’s 2025 Shore Summer Weekend Weather Report Card grade?
This article initially appeared in Shore Local magazine on 9/4/2025 The past 11 weekends at our beach towns graded a ‘B’ or above, but it still wasn’t enough as 2025 was the lowest performing summer in the eight years of my Shore Summer Weekend Weather Report Card. How the report card is graded Since 2018,…
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What NJ can expect for the rest of the 2025 hurricane season
Hurricane Erin glanced the Jersey Shore with an indirect blow, causing historic summertime flooding, dangerous surf and beach erosion. It marks the beginning of the peak of hurricane season, which promises to be active in the Atlantic Hurricane Basin. How will the rest of hurricane season be? It will probably be more active than usual,…
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Hurricane Erin brings worst summertime tide, on record, to the Jersey Shore
If you’re a summer resident or visitor to the Jersey Shore, it’s possible you’ve never experienced tidal flooding like this in your lifetime. Margate was the most significant location for flooding on the entire shore. A transformer fire, electrical fire, six vehicle rescues, evacuations out of Sofia’s and Tomatoes, and a gas leak occurred, according…
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7 facts (and 1 opinion) about the National Hurricane Center forecast cone
This article originally appeared in Shore Local Magazine on August 14, 2025 The Atlantic hurricane season peaks from August to October. This is the time to have your “go-bag” ready in case you need to evacuate. It is also the time to check hurricanes.gov (National Hurricane Center) on a daily basis, I’ll pass along more…
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The incredible proof that the Cape May Bubble really exists!
This column initially appeared in Shore Local Magazine on August 7th It’s a story that is told often in Cape May County. You’re out by the water and you see storm clouds to the west. Your weather app on your phone flashes in bright oranges and reds, showing the heavy rain. It’s moving toward Ocean…
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NJ ocean’s warm – the direct opposite of last summer
This article initially appeared in Shore Local magazine on July 31 Despite some stormy and cool weekends this summer, there’s one thing we can say about the Jersey Shore right now: “Come on in; the water’s warm!” The ocean water has been above average for most of the summer so far. According to the National…
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Our sweaty 2025 Jersey Shore summer is a sign of what’s to come
This article initially appeared in Shore Local News on July 24, 2025. Read it here! Climatological summer, which runs June through August, is a little more than half over and the data shows that the weather has had us all sweating more than usual at the Jersey Shore. The dew point, which measures how much…
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50% through summer weather recap: Extreme heat, severe storms & warm water
This article appeared in Shore Local magazine on July 17. It’s been updated to account for the lightning fatality in Jackson, Ocean County. After such a poor start to our weekend boat and beach season, it feels like summer is just getting into swing at the Jersey Shore. It might be hard to believe but…
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5 Surprising Reasons Why Sunsets get later after the Summer Solstice
This article initially appeared in Shore Local magazine on July 3, 2025. If the summer solstice, the longest day of the year, was two weeks ago now as we enter the Fourth of July weekend, why did the long, bright summer evenings get longer for days after? Between the solstice on June 20 and Independence…
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Heat waves and safety top of mind at the Jersey Shore
This article initially appeared in the June 26th version of Shore Local magazine. Well, that changed fast. June gloom went to summer sizzle. High temperatures were in the 60s as recently as June 16 inland, and June 17 at the shore. Less than a week later, inland areas sweltered in the heat and humidity. Inland…