Why the water was (sometimes) so cold at the Jersey Shore this summer

Many of us will head out for a last blast of sun, surf and sand this Labor Day Weekend. And even though there's typically gorgeous weather still ahead in September, this weekend does mark an unofficial end to the beach season.

One of the big questions that kept coming up this summer along the Jersey shore was -- what's up with the ocean temperatures? Long-time beach goers complained about unusually frigid water during some of the hottest heatwaves. Josh Kohut, Marine and Coastal Sciences Professor at Rutgers University, joins Weekend Edition host David Furst to explain.