NJ Weather Info

Tag: Cold temperatures

  • The Last Freeze of the Spring in Toms River, NJ

    Overview In the Bellcrest section of Toms River, NJ, the high temperature touched 90 degrees today (May 2nd 2024), as a front impinging from the northeast allowed offshore winds to keep the cooler ocean temperatures at bay. Given our first taste of summer, it would be hard to imagine that the last freezing temperatures in…

  • Fire and Ice: Hot and Cold Temperatures on the Jersey Shore

    Introduction Our weather station in the Bellcrest section of Toms River was born of humble beginnings, getting its start using various store-bought thermometers to record high and low temperatures, starting in March of 1978. Temperature records this early were quite sporadic, as we were still in school and did not get to record temperatures every…

  • After coming in like a lion, April should become more springlike

    The second half of March into the first few days of April have been more winterlike than springlike, with heavy rainfall and below normal temperatures. Since March 1st 2024, the Bellcrest section of Toms River has received nearly a foot of rain (11.80 inches), with the heavy rain continuing into the first four days of…

  • The Record Cold of December 1989 in Toms River, NJ

    Following a rare Thanksgiving Day snowstorm on the New Jersey shore in 1989, arctic air plunged into the region, beginning the coldest month on record for the Bellcrest section of Toms River, NJ (where temperature records extend back to 1978). For the next five weeks, wave after wave of bitter arctic air spilled into the…