Barometric Pressure Forecast for Freehold Township, New Jersey
Barometric pressure forecast for Freehold Township, New Jersey — inland Monmouth County farmland fifteen miles from the Atlantic, well within reach of nor'easters and storms like Sandy in 2012. See current barometric pressure and what it means for weather-sensitive people.
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Pressure and weather in Freehold Township
Freehold Township covers a broad stretch of central Monmouth County, on the gently rolling inner coastal plain where the old farm country of western New Jersey gives way to the suburbs behind the Jersey Shore. The Atlantic beaches near Asbury Park and Belmar are roughly fifteen miles east, Raritan Bay lies to the north, and the sandy Pine Barrens begin not far to the south. Being set back from the ocean matters: the sea breeze reaches here on many summer afternoons but arrives late and weakened, and winter storms that fall as rain on the barrier islands often come down as snow inland. The most dramatic barometric pressure events are coastal. Nor'easters forming along the Atlantic seaboard between November and April can deepen rapidly as they pass offshore, sending current barometric pressure down steeply over a day, driving northeast gales and coastal flooding, then rising sharply as Canadian high pressure builds in behind. Hurricane Sandy in October 2012 was the extreme case, an enormous hybrid system whose central pressure was among the lowest ever measured in the region and which caused severe damage across Monmouth County. Remnant tropical moisture in late summer and early autumn is a recurring source of flooding rain. Summer thunderstorms and spring frontal passages fill in the rest of the calendar. A barometric pressure forecast for Freehold Township is most valuable in the late-autumn-to-early-spring coastal storm window.
What this means for you
Can barometric pressure cause headaches? Central Jersey gets the full amplitude of Atlantic coastal storms, with deep multi-hour falls followed by rapid rebounds as high pressure sweeps in. That combination of a long descent and a fast recovery is exactly what many weather-sensitive people find hardest to sit through. Follow the barometric pressure forecast in Pressure Pal, log entries in a migraine tracker app, and watch pressure change today as the next nor'easter develops.