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The winters here can be any of those conditions you mentioned. Maybe someone else can explain why we can have two feet of snow one winter and no snow the following winter.
Please help me, I want to know if the weather is usually mild, moderate, or extreme. Thanks!
Winters in New Jersey are considered moderate. We have a modified Continental climate, the moderation is courtesy of our close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean. That proximity prevents extremely low temperatures that are more characteristic of purely continental climates found farther inland. We also receive about 30-40 inches of snow a year, which is moderate, compared with the 100+ inch totals regularly recorded in areas like Syracuse, NY, which has a more continental, but still not extreme climate. I would not classify any area in the lower 48 as extreme in climate. Although Mt. Washington in New Hampshire is certainly an extreme micro-climate. Like tonight, for example, they are having 30MPH winds and temperatures in the mid 40's. Not very nice for late July. You don't want to know what it's like there in January. Let's just say... extreme.
Summers are the same concept. Ocean proximity rarely lets us reach much over 100. Maybe 3-5 days a year typically. And our precipitation totals are moderate. Intensity of thunderstorms is moderated also. We rarely achieve the high cloud tops and intense dynamics that spawn large tornadoes. Just a few small ones every now and then.
New Jersey is almost the definition of a moderate climate.
These past like six years the winters here were much more mild compared to the early 2000s, and the 90's if my memory serves me correct. During that period, having been in Upstate NY, Central Pennsylvania, and NYC, with NJ in between, I did not notice much of a difference from being high in Appalachia, and by the ocean.
We get plenty of snow, and our temps have dropped to zero and below sometimes. Just not these past few years. Really the winters up in appalachia are not that much worse than NJ. It only seems that way because it is more rural, so there is much less snow shovels, and infrastructure to deal with the snow.
These past like six years the winters here were much more mild compared to the early 2000s,
Not really. I'll direct your attention to the winter of 2010-2011 which is EASILY the worst winter of my life (my life being winter of '88-89 through '11-'12). As for the early 2000s being colder, the winters of 01-02 and 02-03 were among the top 3 warmest in NJ history.
weather in NJ is really a mixture of moderate weather, a lot depends on where in the state you are.
If close to the ocean, mostly snow storms have less snow accumulations due to the ocean.
Northwest will usually get more
last year was very warm, only 2 very small snow storms that were more of an annoyance.
A few years ago, we have ice storms almost one / week, with almost no snow.
then you get hit with snow with 2-3 foot accumulations.
so you you think moderate with years that might swing from a lot of snow/ice to years of nothing.
Temp-wise, mostly between 15 - 40F, with occational swings to -5 to 50.
Not really. I'll direct your attention to the winter of 2010-2011 which is EASILY the worst winter of my life (my life being winter of '88-89 through '11-'12). As for the early 2000s being colder, the winters of 01-02 and 02-03 were among the top 3 warmest in NJ history.
Where you in NJ during the 2010-11 winter? Maybe you were in the Sussex county of something. We are talking about the two winters ago right? That was the warmest winter here I have ever experienced. I was wearing T-shirts well into the beginning of December. In the early 2000s I was wearing a down jacket by the end of October with the wind and all.
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