We just came off a huge winter storm with as much as 17 inches of snow in some spots of the state, along with sleet and bitter temperatures. As we all hunker down during this long, cold spell in the dead of a New Jersey winter, it definitely isn’t going to feel good. It has never gotten that cold anywhere in New Jersey in over 122 years. Read More: Why persistently cold weather might be good for New JerseyCold, Breath Photo by Pavel Lozovikov on Unsplash loading...How it happenedBack in 2019, state climatologist David Robinson explained it to nj.com. Many have doubted over the years that it could ever get that cold in the Garden State but Robinson said it absolutely did.