Winter Weather, Burlington
- When
- March 22, 2:00 AM EST to 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Burlington forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 22, 1998
An upper level low moved over New Jersey during the early morning of the 22nd and produced a narrow burst of heavier snow in a southwest to northeast corridor from Mount Laurel in Burlington County to Sandy Hook in Monmouth County. Accumulations within this band averaged 3 to 5 inches.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
An upper level low moved over New Jersey during the early morning of the 22nd and produced a narrow burst of heavier snow in a southwest to northeast corridor from Mount Laurel in Burlington County to Sandy Hook in Monmouth County. Accumulations within this band averaged 3 to 5 inches. Elsewhere across central and southern New Jersey, accumulations were lighter and generally two inches or less. Accumulations included 5.5 inches in Sandy Hook, 4.5 inches in Hazlet and Mount Laurel, 3.5 inches in Freehold and 3.0 inches in Marlboro Township.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Western Monmouth
- When
- March 22, 3:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Monmouth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Debris Flow in Virginia, March 22, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 22 to 24, 1998
- Winter Weather in Maryland, March 22, 1998
- Flooding in Illinois, March 22 to 31, 1998
- Flooding in California, March 22 to 23, 1998
- Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, March 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New Jersey, March 22, 1998
- Heavy Rain in California, March 22 to 23, 1998
- Flooding in Michigan, March 22 to 25, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, March 22, 1998
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 22, 1998
- Flood in Ohio, March 22 to 23, 1998
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, March 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636822, 5636823.