Is this the most humid summer on record?
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci You’ve felt it most of this week, and you’ll feel plenty of it this weekend. The humidity. The Jersey Shore is no stranger to the muggy, swampy days of summer. After all, our dominant wind direction is out of the south and southwest,...Why is the ocean so cold?
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci It’s the buzz of the shore towns, Facebook and, heck, even my own family: Why is the ocean so cold, Joe? From July 1 to 22, 90% of days have reported a water temperature below 64.7 degrees, which is the June average, according to the...Urban heat island effect felt at the Jersey Shore
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci By the time you read this, you likely lived through our third inland heat wave of the year. A heat wave, defined in the Northeast as three or more days of 90 degree or greater air temperatures, came with a big dose of humid air, too. The...Beryl starts what should be an active hurricane season
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci Fourth of July’s weekend weather was just what you’d expect for the region: perfect to enjoy our greatest natural resource – the ocean and bays. The big weather story the past week, and even the week before, was Hurricane Beryl, which...Fourth of July forecast, weekend storm recap, and a comparison to last year
By Meteorologist Joe Martucci As the weather saying goes at the Jersey Shore: Memorial Day weekend, we soak. Labor Day weekend, we shine… And on the Fourth of July weekend, we sweat. July is our hottest month of the year, on average. That typically means our midsummer...
