The summer season had barely started when the area got hit with a heat wave last week from Monday through Wednesday.

There were triple-digit readings all over the state, and the shore areas, which are sometimes spared the worst, offered little relief.

For example, New Jersey state climatologist David Robinson said that on those three days, Harvey Cedars had respective highs of 89, 93 and 92.

“And one night the low was 80 degrees,” said Robinson. “That was quite unusual. The southwest winds were holding back any chance of a sea breeze.”

The further inland you went, the mercury soared. He said Toms River and Woodland Township, wbich includes Chatsworth,…