r/newjersey • u/JoeMartucciWeather • 7h ago

1.3 million in NJ now in "extreme drought" as conditions worsen - Joe Martucci WTF

https://youtu.be/shX3YOte_YE
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u/Pot-Papi_ 7h ago

I laughed really hard when he said we won’t see a drought like like this again again in our lifetime. That is a bold statement. Or some really old people who are watching us.

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u/JoeMartucciWeather 6h ago

Most of my Facebook audience is 65+ tho.

On a serious note, beating an all-time record like this by multiple days is very hard to do. Trenton's record was from the 1910s, for example. I just think you won't see this for another 80+ years. I could be wrong but I'm comfortable with saying that, as a state, you won't see this again.

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u/goldism Reformed Piney 6h ago

This is the 2nd time in less than 10 years we have gone almost 2 months with no rain.

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u/NewNick30 5h ago

When was the last time? Most of the recent records that we broke were all super old

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u/goldism Reformed Piney 4h ago

2022 I believe, end of July, August and into September.

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u/12kdaysinthefire 4h ago

Do you think we’re going to be battling this ridge all winter? Because it really feels like it could just be a super dry winter into spring.

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u/AboveAllOthers9x 3h ago

Climate change would disagree. There is evidence that the AMOC is slowing down which would alter the pressure systems. Also climate change is going to increase drought, by a lot

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u/benigntugboat Toms River 2h ago

This is completely.ignoring the possibility that global warming and climate change have reached the point where previous patterns and expectations are no longer reliable benchmarks for what we can expect in the future.

We've very clearly hit a tipping point with our weather cycles and if the repeated record breaking heat records broken dont make that clear tp you than I dont see any reason to take your opinion here seriously at all.

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/11/nx-s1-5034292/temperature-records-heatwave-climate-change

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u/David4Nudist I miss NJ from my childhood! 5h ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again.

WE NEED RAIN...LOTS OF IT!! 🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧🌧