Heat, Sussex
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat in New Jersey, May 19 to 21, 1996
16 heat, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 16 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
16 heat. Local standard time, as filed.
Heat, Warren
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Morris
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Hunterdon
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Somerset
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Middlesex
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Middlesex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Western Monmouth
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Monmouth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Mercer
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.283, -74.702 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Salem
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Salem forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Gloucester
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Camden
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Camden forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Northwestern Burlington
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Northwestern Burlington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Western Ocean
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Ocean forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Cumberland
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.328, -75.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Western Atlantic
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Atlantic forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heat, Western Cape May
- When
- May 19, 10:00 AM EST to May 21, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Cape May forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heat
- Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Pennsylvania, May 19 to 21, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 19, 1996
- Hail in Minnesota, May 19, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 19, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5560392, 5560393, 5560394, 5560395, 5560396, 5560397, 5560398, 5560399, 5560400, 5560401, 5560402, 5560403, 5560404, 5560405, 5560406, 5560407.