NJ Weather Info

Tag: heavy snow

  • March Snow along the Jersey Shore

    Despite the warmer temperatures over the last couple of days, and the forecast of above normal temperatures into the middle of March 2024, it can still snow along the Jersey Shore during March. Of course, the time of year becomes more detrimental to snowfall during the month. Normal high temperatures during March range from mid…

  • The President’s Day Snowstorm of 1979

    Overview For the second straight year, the Jersey Shore received more than a foot of snow in a storm during the month of February. Unlike the February 6-7 1978 storm, this event was not well forecast, catching many off guard with its intensity and snowfall amounts. Had the storm not occurred at the end of…

  • The February 6-7 1978 Blizzard

    Overview As a snow lover obsessed with winter storms, the early to mid 1970s was bereft of snowstorms. Even when snow fell, it inevitably changed to rain (breaking the heart of this young snow lover), and I do not have any recollections of significant winter weather during this period. However, that started to change during…