NJ Weather Info

  • More Heavy Rainfall and Gusty Winds Possible Friday into Friday night

    As the current weather system wraps up early Wednesday, yet another strong low pressure system is set to affect the region Friday into Friday night. Like the system affecting the area into Wednesday morning, this next storm system is expected to produce mainly rain, as high temperatures Friday and Saturday climb into the 40s and…

  • Low Clouds

    Overview Before the advent of satellite images and automated surface observations, weather observers would identify the types of clouds in the sky, as well as their height as part of routine weather observations. Identifying the types of clouds can provide information on what is occurring in the atmosphere in that location. In the 1930s, the…

  • Heavy Rain and Strong Winds possible Tuesday into Wednesday

    As the current weather system wraps up Sunday, another strong low pressure system is set to affect the region Tuesday into Wednesday. Unlike the system this weekend, warmer temperatures are expected across much of the northern Mid Atlantic into southern New England. Warmer temperature suggest that only the higher terrain might see precipitation start as…

  • Will Toms River, NJ see its first accumulating snow of the winter this weekend? Part II (probably not)

    Update – Wednesday afternoon January 3rd 2024 Colder air building across the mid Atlantic and Northeast late this week will set the stage for wintry weather across much of the region this weekend. In fact, many places could see their first accumulating snow of the season, but at this point, it remains unclear how much…

  • Will Toms River, NJ see its first accumulating snow of the winter this weekend?

    Thus far this winter, our weather has been wet and warm, with December 2023 providing the 6th warmest December on record in the Bellcrest section of Toms River, NJ (where temperature records date back to 1978) and the 5th wettest December on record (rainfall records extend back to 1989). While there have been a few…

  • 2023 Weather in Toms River, NJ: Year in Review

    Overview Overall 2023 was warmer than normal in the Bellcrest section of Toms River, NJ, and rainfall amounts were about normal for the 12 month period. However,as might be expected over the course of a year, there were variations in both temperature and rainfall that resulted in daily records being set. Rather than review each…

  • December 2023 Weather in Toms River, NJ

    Temperature December 2023 was wet and warm in the Bellcrest section of Toms River, NJ.  Like most months, there was some variation with respect to temperature during the month, but the warm periods of December 2023 dwarfed the cooler periods. All of the cooler periods of the month lasted a day or two, while each…

  • The Record Warm December of 2015 in Toms River, NJ

    Overview Typically December is the third coldest month of the year (behind January and February) in the Bellcrest section of Toms River, NJ. During the early part of the month, high temperatures average just above 50 degrees F, but drop into the mid 40s by the New Year. Low temperatures generally breach the freezing marking…

  • Christmas Day Weather in Toms River, NJ

    Overview The Bellcrest section of Toms River, NJ is located on the central NJ shore in eastern Ocean county. Its proximity to the ocean typically modifies the influence of cold during December, and can be the major reason for rain falling here while snow falls in other portions of NJ. Normal high temperatures in the…

  • Meteorological Winter in Toms River, NJ

    Overview Meteorological winter consists of December/January/February, rather than the more typical definition of (approximately) December 21st to March 21st. Meteorologists use the first definition because it simplifies calculations, rather than attempt to account for the irregular number of days the second definition brings with it. For the sake of brevity, the term winter herein will…