New Jersey weather in 2011 has been record breaking. The state saw the wettest month on record in August, devastating flooding from Tropical Storm Irene and an October snowstorm worse than any recorded. State Climatologist David Robinson, who has been on the job for 20 years, says he can’t remember a year like this one. He spoke with NJToday’s Desiree Taylor reviewing the year’s weather and making some predictions for the winter.

Tropical Storm Irene, which hit New Jersey at the end of August, was the third largest rainstorm in more than a century. That storm helped make the summer of 2011 and the entire calendar year the wettest on record. The October snowstorm brought the largest snowfall in October, even larger than any in November in some parts of the state. Temperatures throughout 2011 were above average, making it the third warmest year on record. Robinson discusses the year in weather.

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Robinson says this winter is a La Nina winter, which typically brings milder temperatures and less snow, though about average precipitation. He warns, though, that last winter was also considered La Nina but didn’t present that way for the five weeks between Christmas and Groundhog’s Day. Robinson says it’s difficult to predict long-range weather in New Jersey since it’s between the tropics and the poles. He said residents should be prepared for “some winter,” but expects it to come with below average snowfall.

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