![]() The showers and cold weather stuck around in the state for yet another day, creating almost the same wet-soaked conditions on the professional turf come Sunday when the Jacksonville Jaguars played the Philadelphia Eagles Sunday afternoon. Northwestern quarterback Ryan Hilinski (3) fumbles the ball after being tackled by Penn State defensive end Nick Tarburton (46) as Adisa Isaac (20) looks on during the first half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. Penn State's winning score of 17 was the lowest amount of points the team has scored in a win since its 16-10 win against Wisconsin on Sept. The rainy conditions proved to be difficult for the players as both teams combined for eight turnovers. Temperatures for the day stayed in the 50s and were 7 degrees below average for the date. Showers were first reported in the area just before kick-off and lasted throughout the game. 1, the Penn State Nittany Lions hosted the Northwestern Wildcats in State College, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was home to two big football games over the weekend, and with tropical rainstorm Ian moving into the state, those games became wet, cold and sloppy. The persistent rain made for some rough conditions out on the playing field. Have the app? Unlock AccuWeather Alerts™ with Premium+ The persistent, widespread rain will help to wash away any concerns about drought developing into a more serious issue across New Jersey. 29, 97% of the Garden State was facing abnormally dry conditions with over 68% of the state experiencing moderate drought, according to the U.S. In Lewes, Delaware, located along the coast near where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean, the storm surge rose to 3.48 feet on Sunday, the seventh-highest water level ever recorded for that site and just about half a foot less than the 4.05-foot storm surge caused by Hurricane Sandy in 2012.Īs disruptive as the rain was in New Jersey, there will be some long-term benefits. Through the first three days of the month, Atlantic City recorded 5.32 inches of rain, well above the 4.14 inches that typically falls throughout all of October.Ĭoastal flooding shut down roads near Highland Acres, Delaware, located just south of Dover. Another 1.57 inches fell on Tuesday, breaking the daily record for Oct. 2., beating the old daily rainfall record of 1.36 inches set in 1961. In Atlantic City, New Jersey, a record daily rainfall of 3.01 inches was observed on Sunday, Oct. Rainfall totals spanned several inches across the mid-Atlantic as a result of the storm. Multiple streets were also underwater around high tide, including Dune and Ocean drives. " Avalon experienced significant beach erosion in the north end," the Borough of Avalon said in a Facebook post on Monday. The flooding wasn't limited to just Stone Harbor as additional flooding reports were relayed all the way to the southern coast of the state in Avalon, Wildwood and Cape May. Streets flooded along the coast of New Jersey, including in Stone Harbor, where video footage showed water rising halfway up to the wheels of vehicles. Temperatures in the northern climate division averaged 36.0° (+4.7°, 7th mildest), southern 40.6° (+5.1°, 4th mildest), and coastal 41.1° (+5.1°, 3rd mildest).The lingering impacts of Hurricane Ian have been felt across a large swath of the East Coast, from the Carolinas all the way up to New England, causing a rainy mess as a nor'easter also developed and impacted the mid-Atlantic over the weekend - even turning football fields and matchups into rain-soaked slop fests. The average February maximum was 49.3°, which is 6.2° above normal and ranks 3rd mildest, while the average minimum of 28.5° was 3.9° above normal, ranking 7th mildest. Atlantic City Airport in Pomona (Atlantic) had 18 above and ten below normal, and Cape May (Cape May) reported 21 above and seven below. ![]() The same was true at both Sussex (Sussex) and Newark Airport (Union). Exemplifying the warmth, the New Brunswick (Middlesex County) Cooperative station experienced 23 days with above-average temperatures and just five below average. ![]() Five of the six mildest Februarys have occurred in the last 11 years. The statewide average temperature of 38.9° was 5.0° above the 1991–2020 normal and ranked as the 5th mildest February since 1895 (tied with 2012). First, focusing on February, milder-than-normal temperatures and limited snowfall were the rule, a short-lived frigid blast was followed by 70° warmth, and the most notable February tornado of at least the past 74 years touched down. ![]() Abnormal conditions were seemingly the norm cross the Garden State during the second month of 2023 and, for that matter, during much of the winter (December–February). ![]()
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