by Meteorologist Joe Martucci | Jun 26, 2025 | Weather, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, South Jersey
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 highs were in the 90s, with the sultry...
by Meteorologist Joe Martucci | Jun 19, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Weather
The same weather pattern has been repeating itself since beach season began on Memorial Day weekend — heat and sunshine mid-week, followed by cool, sometimes wet weekends — and it’s not a good one for our shore economy. If you really want to get technical about it,...
by Meteorologist Joe Martucci | Jun 5, 2025 | Weather, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, South Jersey
To be honest, I thought getting out of the drought would be near impossible during the month of May. However, to quote the old Adidas campaign slogan: “Impossible is nothing.” Rain, and persistent rain at that, wiped out our drought according to the United States...
by Meteorologist Joe Martucci | May 29, 2025 | Weather, Atlantic County, Cape May County, Editorial, South Jersey
Hurricane season begins on June 1. Really, in New Jersey, we like to say that there’s a 12-month hurricane season. After all, it’s the water, not the wind, that causes the most devastation, and nor’easters bring plenty of water. Sadly, the 30-year average for flood...
by Meteorologist Joe Martucci | May 22, 2025 | Features, Atlantic County, Cape May County, South Jersey, Weather
We shivered through our coldest winter in 10 years, held our hats during the windiest winter in 15 years, and lived the rollercoaster temperature ride of spring. Now Memorial Day weekend is here. It’s the unofficial start of summer. There’s an old saying for our beach...
