Sizzling, Stormy Summer Ahead For NJ: Farmers’ Almanac

NEW JERSEY — Summer in New Jersey will be here before you know it, and it’ll be a sizzling one, according to the Farmers’ Almanac summer forecast prediction.

Big thunderstorms are also in the cards this summer, which officially starts June 21 with the summer solstice. Generally, storminess will mark the transition from spring to summer, especially along the Eastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes regions, according to the Farmers’ Almanac.

Alongside thunderstorms are the threat of more hurricanes this summer. To date, 16 to 20 named storms and six to eight hurricanes are in the cards this upcoming hurricane season, according to AccuWeather meteorologists. 2022 is slated to compare similarly to last year’s prolific record of storms. Read more: 2022 Hurricane Season In NJ: What To Know

The Farmers’ Almanac expects a “potential hurricane threat” along the Atlantic Seaboard in mid-September, which is also the traditional peak of hurricane season. However, precipitation will be “below average” over the Northeast.

Overall, summer will be “a hot one nationwide,” the Farmers’ Almanac said. The closest thing to a mild summer will be in New England and the Great Lakes region, but that prediction is based on a wave of cool air arriving in September, according to the almanac.

According to the forecast, the dog days of summer in late July are expected to be “brutally hot,” with highs in the 90s and triple digits, and “blistering hot” temperatures are expected to persist over Central and Western states.

The worst of the heat should be over by mid-August, though, the almanac said.

Rainfall is expected to be about normal in the middle of the country, including in the Great Lakes and north and south-central United States; above normal in the Southeast; and below normal in the Northeast.

Drought conditions are expected to persist in the Southwest, where even the Desert Southwest monsoon rains aren’t expected to deliver any drought relief. The Pacific states will be unusually dry as well, according to the almanac.