2024 was the second hottest year on record in NJ, only eclipsed by 2012.

Global temperatures have risen about 2 degrees over the past century, but New Jersey is heating up twice as fast.

Since 1911, sea level along New Jersey's coast has risen 19 inches.

NEW BRUNSWICK -- New Jersey residents should brace for a future with dryer summers, heavier rain storms and more heat, according to a new report from Rutgers University's Climate Change Resource Center.

In New Jersey, 2024 marked the second hottest year on record since recordkeeping began 130 years ago, said New Jersey State Climatologist David Robinson, who is one of the Rutgers report's 11 authors. The only year that eclipsed last year was 2012, he said.

2024's record-setting heat was another example of an overall warming trend i

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