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Steam rising from the cooling tower at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant in Lower Alloways Creek Township (Salem County) on the afternoon of November 11th.
Steam rising from the cooling tower at the Salem Nuclear Power Plant in Lower Alloways Creek Township (Salem County) on the afternoon of November 11th. Calm conditions exist as visible by the vertical rise of the steam and the placid bay waters in this photo taken from Woodland Beach, DE. The NJWxNet station bearing the township name is located adjacent to the power plant. (Photo by of Dave Robinson).

The dry first three weeks of November kept everyone waiting and wondering if a record dry month might be at hand along with increasing drought concerns. To the rescue came two rain events on the 21st–22nd and 26th to bring the monthly average precipitation to a rather respectable total. The statewide average of 2.68” was 0.68” below normal, ranking 52nd driest of the past 129 Novembers. Unlike recent months, it was the coastal northern counties that were driest, while the central north was wettest. The northern division (Hunterdon-Somerset-Union counties northward) averaged 2.92” (-0.55”, 50th driest), the southern division (Mercer-Middlesex-Monmouth counties southward, except along the coast) 2.56” (-0.73”, 53rd driest), and the coastal division (roughly the Garden State Parkway to the coast) 2.24” (-1.10”, 42nd driest).

Snowflakes were seen in a few northern locations on the 1st, a dusting occurred at higher elevations at the start of the 21st–22nd rain event, and flurries and a few measurable dustings from squalls occurred on the 28th. Despite the scattered dustings, regionally and statewide records show an absence of accumulation. This is 0.5” below normal but has been seen in 52 of the previous 128 Novembers.

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City, State Temp
Harvey Cedars, NJ 56
Point Pleasant, NJ 52
Sea Girt, NJ 52
Little Egg Harbor Twp., NJ 51
Atlantic City Marina, NJ 51
City, State Temp
High Point Monument, NJ 36
High Point, NJ 38
Vernon Twp., NJ 39
Wantage, NJ 40
Sandyston, NJ 40
most current information as of Dec 11 12:30 AM

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New Brunswick, NJ

Rutgers University Meteorology Program

45°F

Wind

4 mph from the WNW

Wind Gust

12 mph from the NW

Heavy Rain and Breezy
37 °F
Breezy. Rain then Slight Chance Rain
45 °F
Mostly Clear
27 °F
Sunny
43 °F
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30 °F
Sunny
43 °F
Mostly Clear
24 °F
Sunny
40 °F
Clear
27 °F
Sunny
49 °F
Partly Cloudy
31 °F
Partly Sunny
49 °F
Mostly Cloudy
33 °F
Partly Sunny
51 °F

Overnight

Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Low around 37. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New precipitation amounts between a half and three quarters of an inch possible.

Monday

Rain, mainly before 9am. High near 45. Breezy, with a northwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.

Monday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 27. West wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

Tuesday

Sunny, with a high near 43. West wind 5 to 10 mph.

Tuesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.

Wednesday

Sunny, with a high near 43.

Wednesday Night

Mostly clear, with a low around 24.

Thursday

Sunny, with a high near 40.

Thursday Night

Clear, with a low around 27.

Friday

Sunny, with a high near 49.

Friday Night

Partly cloudy, with a low around 31.

Saturday

Partly sunny, with a high near 49.

Saturday Night

Mostly cloudy, with a low around 33.

Sunday

Partly sunny, with a high near 51.

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A Mild Start to the Year, Despite One Frigid Week: January 2013 Report

February 13, 2013 - 4:16pm -- Dave Robinson

Highway sign knocked over by the wind

By mid-winter standards, January 2013 was not an exceedingly memorable one in the New Jersey weather and climate annals. But like every month, there were certainly events worthy of mention. This included the state's coldest week since 2007 and a surge of warmth late in the month that was broken by a squall line with strong winds and heavy rain.

Statewide, the January temperature averaged 33.7°, which is 2.5° above average. This ranks as the 27th mildest January since 1895 (119 years). Of the past 24 months, only one (November 2012) has averaged below normal. Going back a bit further, since March 2010, 30 of the past 35 months have been above average, one month was exactly average, and four months were below average.

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Sandy Strikes: October 2012 Report

November 9, 2012 - 3:47pm -- Dave Robinson

Hurricane Sandy satellite image

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