New Jersey Cities and Towns
The Garden State  3rd State

Climate & Weather:

New Jersey has relatively warm summers and cold winters, with moderate temperatures in the fall and spring. From June through August, it's common for temperatures to reach the 90s F/32+ C during the day in all parts of the state, though cool sea breezes keep the coast comfortable in a state with fairly high humidity (68% average on the coast, 57% inland). At the shore, when the moist breeze can make it seem chilly despite the mid 60s F/17 C temperatures. Expect rain to be evenly distributed throughout the summer. In the cold winter months New Jersey gets its share of snowstorms, particularly in the higher elevations of the northwestern part of the state, close to the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. Trenton and Newark range from 24 to 41 F/-3 to 5 C in January, while it's 24 to 42 F/-3 to 6 C in Atlantic City.

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Firsts, Facts, Trivia:  

Modern paleontology, the science of studying dinosaur fossils, began in 1858 with the discovery of the first nearly-complete skeleton of a dinosaur in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The Hadrosaurus is the official New Jersey state dinosaur.

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Featured Tourist Spots:

Old Barracks Museum -  The Barracks Museum is the only original French & Indian War Barracks still standing in the US.  The site is also famous for its role in George Washingtons victory over Hessian troops during the Revolutionary War.

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New Jersey History:

Native Americans from the Delaware tribe lived in New Jersey when Europeans explorers first arrived.  They built villages along the Delaware River, spending most of their time hunting and planting corn, beans, and other crops for food.

Giovanni da Verrazano was the first to explore the coast of New Jersey in 1524 for France.  In 1609, Henry Hudson sailed up the Hudson River and claimed New Jersey and New York for the Dutch.  Although Hudson was British, he worked for the Netherlands, so he claimed the land for the Dutch. It was called New Netherlands. Many other Dutch explorers followed.  In 1614, Cornelius May discovered the Delaware River. 

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