New Jersey Weather: Shore Breezes & Seasonal Variety
Is it going to drizzle, thunderstorm, or maybe something worse? The summers are like a boardwalk pizza oven and the winters nor'easter roulette with black ice. Here's what else is going on around New Jersey that will impact the time you spend outside.
Diane, Our Local Expert Guiding Your Move
Diane has been rooted in New Jersey since day one and has lived everywhere from Hillside to Elizabeth to Springfield before landing in Fanwood. When she and her family moved into their current place, she was very pregnant and still refused to stop lifting boxes or scrubbing things because she wanted it done right. She is the kind of New Jerseyan who can talk about Revolutionary War history, walk you through Duke Gardens, or recommend the best apple picking without checking a map. Her food loyalties are fierce, especially when it comes to pork roll on a hard roll with melted cheese, though she will happily join any naming debate. She is a lifelong reader who once tried to leave the library with more books than her card allowed. She even crossed paths with Sinatra during an honorary degree event at Stevens. At Snappy Scout she brings sharp local insight with a Jersey wink.
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What's the Weather Really Like in New Jersey?
The forecast, the fashion, and the fine print locals wish someone had told them sooner.
Summer temps be like
boardwalk waffle iron (sticky 90s inland, ocean breeze tempers the Shore)
Winter lows are
puffer coat roulette (High Point bites, Cape May shrugs)
The humidity makes me
frizz into a colonial wig
Unique weather patterns
Nor'easters, king tide flooding, sea breeze fronts, Pine Barrens wildfire smoke, sudden Turnpike snowlines
Local weather fashion tip
flip flops with an emergency parka
Bugs be like
greenhead dive bombers at the Shore, lanternflies practicing parkour, Meadowlands mosquitoes with ambition, ticks taking numbers in the woods
You're stuck indoors again today because
a nor'easter turned the rain fully sideways
Green thumb enthusiasts love
Jersey tomatoes that taste like July, Hammonton blueberries, hydrangeas exploding near salty air, fig trees wrapped in burlap all winter
Your friend with allergies is always saying
ragweed and oak have unionized against my sinuses
My Favorite Thing About Winter/Spring/Summer/Fall in New Jersey
The first day warm enough to hang out on the beach, the leaves changing in the fall - and the taste of my first Curley fries in Wildwood. The best!
— Diane Briante
New Jersey Local Expert
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