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Scenes From A Warm, Shore Afternoon
NWS: Mercury hits 91 degrees; Fishing, boating, hustle and bustle on hot spring day
It took a while, but spring finally arrived Tuesday at the Jersey Shore - and it felt more like July than April!
As of 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, the high temperature at Lakehurst Naval Air Station was 91 degrees, recorded at exactly 5 p.m. At Monmouth Executive Airport in Wall, the mercury officially rose to 84 degrees, recorded at 3:55 p.m.
Both temperatures were reported by the National Weather Service.
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A west wind kept temperatures high Tuesday even near the ocean. The ocean water temperature in Atlantic City was recorded as being 47 degrees Tuesday, while the temperature of Barnegat Bay was 58 degrees as recorded at the Mantoloking Bridge in Brick.
The bay water temperature has risen dramatically over the past several days. A week ago, it was hovering between 44 and 46 degrees at the bridge.
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