Something in the Air

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the March storm of 1962, which forever shaped the landscape and economy of the storm. To accompany Meteorologist Joe Martucci's story on the storm, Scott Mazzella, author of Surviving Sandy and part of the second edition of Great Storms of the Jersey Shore, hops on the podcast.

Scott and Joe cover the 1962 storm and the other two megastorms, the 1944 hurricane and Superstorm Sandy. 

4:40 - How LBI formed his love for weather

7:40 - The March storm of 1962

10:51 - Updating the second edition of "Great Storms"

15:42 - How each new chapter of the shore starts with one of these megastorm

24:10 - Scott's New Jersey map breakdown

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The run of deep winter conditions, that started just after New Years' Day, ended around Valentine's Day. That brought a rollercoaster ride of temperatures, from the depths of winter to spring fever. 

Meteorologist Joe Martucci and New Jersey State Climatologist Dr. Dave Robinson talk about the swing in temperatures and how the region is teetering on drought in an otherwise quiet month. The two also discuss climatological spring, the Ash Wednesday storm of 1962 vs. Superstorm Sandy and winning an award for best podcast, again💯.

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The New Jersey Coastal Coalition received a $250,000 grant from the state. One of the first things the scrappy, results-oriented group did? Hire an anthropologist to do research and make that $250,000 seed money for the future to protect the shore from sea level rise. 

Dr. William Thomas, Executive Director of the New Jersey Resiliency Institute, and Meteorologist Joe Martucci talk about how they're doing just that. Bill, who lives in Ventnor also talks about how he went from building Van Duyne boats at the coast after moving from Ohio to his eight months spent in the jungles of Papua New Guinea. At the end Bill shares his North-Central-South Jersey map. Let's just say it gave Joe a pause. 

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Three snowstorms, including the Blizzard of 2022, and one round of severe made January 2022 one for the ages. Meteorologist Joe Martucci tries to convince Dave Robinson, the New Jersey State Climatologist and big snow lover, to move to the snowy Jersey Shore. 

After failing to him Robinson, the two recap the snows on Jan. 3, Jan. 7 and Jan. 28-29. Robinson says January was well below average, temperature wise, too, adding to the wintry scene.

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As of Jan. 19, Atlantic City International Airport and Lower Township were already near their seasonal snowfall average, giving snow lovers plenty to smile about. 

Rob Reale, Director of Meteorological Services at WeatherWorks in Hackettstown, NJ hops on the podcast to talk to Joe about if the rest of the winter looks as cold and snowy as January (0:25). Rob also has his North - Central - South Jersey map ready to go.

Then Ocean County snow lover Marc Franz Jr., @WxManFranz on Twitter, spills his emotions on this snowy winter so far. Joe also talks to Marc about having the largest January hailstone in New Jersey recorded history on Jan. 17.

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Tornadoes, weather whiplash and a winter that resembled some sense of normalcy are just some of what made 2021's weather memorable in South Jersey.

However, we only have to turn to our neighbors in the northern half of the state to see that it could have been much worse.

The Press' coverage area, consisting formally of Ocean, Atlantic, Cape May and Cumberland counties, saw five tornadoes in 2021. The rest of the state saw eight. 

A Groundhog Day nor'easter brought strong winds, coastal flooding and some snow. While the northern half of the state was buried in near the largest snowstorm in recorded history. 

Then, there was Ida. The Press' coverage area had only rain showers and very humid air. For the rest of the state, tornadoes and massive, record-setting flooding brought approximately 30 deaths, the most since Superstorm Sandy and one of the most in the state's recorded history.

Here are the top ten most notable weather events of 2021.

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Lee Enterprises, parent company of The Press of Atlantic City, is going all in on weather and Meteorologist Joe Martucci features his new weather brother on the New Jersey Press Association winning Something in the Air podcast. 

Sean Sublette is the Chief Meteorologist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, one of Lee's largest news organizations. It's homecoming for Sean. He grew up around Richmond and has been on television for several Virginia stations throughout his illustrious career. However, Sean's most recent job at ClimateCentral, kept him close to our home state, working in Princeton, New Jersey for several years.

Kick back and enjoy the half hour long interview and stay for the end. Sean draws his North Jersey, Central Jersey and South Jersey splits. Working in New Jersey for a few years, he has to be correct, right?

Follow Sean's work: www.richmond.com/weather

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Meteorologist Joe Martucci and New Jersey State Climatologist Dave Robinson are back from Joe's Monday night wedding and they break it down. Turning to the weather, Dave says we just went through nearly the driest November on record. 

We shivered more than usual in November too. Not only were temperatures below the 1991 to 2020 climate average but it was the cold overnight low temperatures that drove the cold, the reverse of what usually happens. The first flakes made their way into the region, too. The chilly temps were too little too late for great fall foliage, though.

Wedding: 0:14

First snow: 3:47

Lack of rain: 10:19

Temperatures (And why the Jersey Shore's climate is split between north and south, too): 17:20

Fall Foliage: 25:24

New episodes of the Something in the Air podcast are dropped the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month. Find us on YouTube, www.pressofac.com/weather, or wherever your get your podcasts.

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A pair of storms brought a rocky end to the month in South Jersey. A nearly week long stretch of coastal flooding, and another stretch of tidal flooding in the middle of the month also brought an end to a quiet year on the seas. 

Turning to temperatures, a chilly start to the month didn't stop October from being the second warmest since records started in 1895. Meteorologist Joe Martucci and New Jersey State Climatologist break the month of October all down in the Something in the Air podcast. 

1:05: Double trouble of October storms
5:52 - The return of coastal flooding 
9:25 - October rainfall
14:31 - October near record temperatures
23:43 - Can fall foliage save itself?
26:20 - Catching up / Sandy Anniversary

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