© New Jersey Weather and Climate NetworkNew Jersey low temperatures on Oct. 19, 2015
Talk about a frigid morning in New Jersey!
The mercury plunged to 27 degrees in Trenton on Monday,
shattering the previous record low for Oct. 19: 30 degrees set in 1986 and 1974, according to the National Weather Service's Mount Holly Office.
In Atlantic City, the temperature dropped to 28 and it was the coldest morning in October since Halloween in 2011, according to the weather service.
Locally, the mercury sank to 23 degrees in Berkeley, 24 in Upper Freehold and 25 in Howell, according to the
New Jersey Weather and Climate Network.
The cold led to a widespread freeze in the entire region covered by the Mount Holly Office, according to
a forecast discussion. In some cases, it was a hard freeze, with temperatures of 28 degrees or lower.
"As a result, the growing season has now ended for the entire region," the discussion says.
On Sunday, I drove from Pittsford, New York, to New Jersey and encountered snow showers on the New York State Thruway. Good thing the highway didn't seem slippery, at least when and where I was driving
Comment: Trees are part of the key to life on this planet. It's rather symbolic that in the U.S. there seems to be an extinction in process of that which gives life.