New Jersey, 2000

Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 22, 2000

December 22, 2000 · NWS PHI · 13 events in 13 counties and zones

An upper air disturbance helped produce a band of snow, which fell heavy at times, across southeast New Jersey during the early morning commute on the 22nd. m.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 13 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
13

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 air disturbance helped produce a band of snow, which fell heavy at times, across southeast New Jersey during the early morning commute on the 22nd. Heavy snow fell at the Atlantic City International Airport between 530 a.m. and 7 a.m. EST. Accumulations by 9 a.m. EST averaged between one and four inches. Untreated, especially secondary roads were slippery and treacherous. A cold frontal passage during the afternoon of the 22nd was preceded by additional light snow. But accumulations were lighter, generally around half an inch. This cold front did drop more snow across northwest New Jersey (which escaped most of the first shot) as between 1.5 and 2.5 inches accumulated by early afternoon. The heaviest snow fell across southern parts of Salem, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington and Monmouth Counties as well as the rest of southeast New Jersey. Even within this band, there was an axis of maximum snowfall (around 4 inches) across eastern Cumberland County, Atlantic County between New Jersey State Route 50 and the Garden State Parkway and extreme southeast Burlington County. Accumulations included 4.3 inches in Estell Manor (Atlantic County), 3 inches in Mays Landing (Atlantic County), Northfield (Atlantic County) and Howell (Monmouth County), 2.8 inches in Tabernacle (Burlington County), 2.5 inches in Shamong (Burlington County) and Manasquan (Monmouth County), 2 inches in New Lisbon (Burlington County) and 1 inch in Avalon (Cape May County). A jet streak at higher levels of the atmosphere combined with sufficient moisture to produce about a 50 mile wide band of accumulating and sometimes heavy snow during the morning commute on the 22nd.

The radar

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Event by event

13 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Cumberland

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Cumberland forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.328, -75.129 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Eastern Atlantic

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Atlantic forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Eastern Cape May

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Cape May forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Eastern Monmouth

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Eastern Ocean

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Ocean forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gloucester

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Gloucester forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Salem

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Salem forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Western Atlantic

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Western Atlantic forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.469, -74.634 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Western Cape May

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 4:00 PM EST
Where
Western Cape May forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.085, -74.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Western Monmouth

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Western Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Western Ocean

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Western Ocean forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Burlington

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Burlington forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Camden

When
December 22, 3:00 AM EST to 2:00 PM EST
Where
Camden forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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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: 5167361, 5167362, 5167363, 5167364, 5167365, 5167366, 5167367, 5167368, 5167369, 5167370, 5167371, 5169441, 5169442.