Cold/Wind Chill, Burlington
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burlington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in New Jersey, January 17 to 20, 1997
The coldest air mass of the winter season moved into New Jersey on Friday the 17th. The high pressure system came straight from the arctic tundra and moved southeast reaching the Middle and South Atlantic States on the 19th and 20th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 20 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
- 20
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
The coldest air mass of the winter season moved into New Jersey on Friday the 17th. The high pressure system came straight from the arctic tundra and moved southeast reaching the Middle and South Atlantic States on the 19th and 20th. Strong gusty northwest winds brought wind chill factors well below zero on the 17th and 18th. The coldest morning was the 19th. For most places this was the coldest day of the winter season. Low temperatures that morning included -4F in Wantage (Sussex County), -2F in Long Valley (Morris County), -1F in Estell Manor (Atlantic County), 1F in Wertsville (Hunterdon County) 2F at the Atlantic City International Airport, 3F in Mount Laurel (Burlington County) and Millville (Cumberland County), 5F in Mount Holly (Burlington County) and 8F at Pennsauken (Camden County) and the Marina in Atlantic City. No new record lows were set.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
20 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Camden
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Camden forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Cumberland
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Cumberland forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.328, -75.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Atlantic
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Atlantic forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Cape May
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Cape May forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Monmouth
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Ocean
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Ocean forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Gloucester
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Gloucester forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Hunterdon
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Mercer
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.283, -74.702 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Middlesex
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Middlesex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Morris
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Salem
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Salem forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Somerset
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Sussex
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Warren
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Atlantic
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Atlantic forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Cape May
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Cape May forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Monmouth
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Monmouth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Western Ocean
- When
- January 17, 1:00 AM EST to January 20, 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Ocean forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 17 to 20, 1997
- Cold in Michigan, January 17 to 19, 1997
- Cold in Wisconsin, January 17, 1997
- Ice Storm in Oregon, January 17 to 19, 1997
- Cold in Iowa, January 17 to 19, 1997
- Cold in New York, January 17 to 18, 1997
- Cold in Illinois, January 17 to 19, 1997
- Cold in Vermont, January 17, 1997
- Cold in New York, January 17, 1997
- Cold in Pennsylvania, January 17 to 18, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, January 17 to 18, 1997
- Cold in Maryland, January 17 to 20, 1997
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: 5596485, 5596486, 5596487, 5596488, 5596489, 5596662, 5596663, 5596664, 5596665, 5596666, 5596667, 5596668, 5596669, 5596670, 5596671, 5596672, 5596673, 5596674, 5596675, 5596676.