Heat in New Jersey, January 2 to 4, 2000

Name: Heat in New Jersey, January 2 to 4, 2000
Start: 2000-01-02T10:00
End: 2000-01-04T18:00
Location: New Jersey

January 2 to 4, 2000 · NWS PHI · 20 events in 20 counties and zones

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.

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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.

A large high pressure system at the surface and in higher levels of the atmosphere over the western Atlantic Ocean continued the flow of mild and unseasonably warm air into the Middle Atlantic States. High temperatures were mostly in the 60s on the 2nd and 3rd and reached as warm as 70 degrees on the 4th. Daily high temperature records were set on the 2nd (66 degrees) and on the 3rd (67 degrees) at the Atlantic City International Airport and on the 3rd (59 degrees) at the Marina within Atlantic City. Due to higher historical records, in spite of the fact that the 4th was the warmest day during this spell inland, no new daily temperature records were set that day. A backdoor cold front tried to move south through New Jersey the night of the 2nd, but the strong ridge prevented its southward progress. A stronger cold frontal passage late in the afternoon on the 4th brought an end to the unseasonably warm weather. The highest temperatures (mainly on the 4th) included 70 degrees in Mount Holly and Lumberton (Burlington County), 69 degrees in Estell Manor (Atlantic County), 68 degrees in Somerdale (Camden County), Pennsauken (Camden County) and Trenton (Mercer County), 67 degrees at the Atlantic City International Airport in Pomona, Seabrook (Cumberland County) and Somerville (Somerset County), 66 degrees in Phillipsburg (Warren County), Millville (Cumberland County) and Wildwood (Cape May County), 64 degrees in Belmar (Monmouth County), 62 degrees in Andover (Sussex County) and 60 degrees at the Marina within Atlantic City.

The radar

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Event by event

20 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Burlington

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Camden

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Cumberland

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Eastern Atlantic

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Eastern Cape May

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Eastern Monmouth

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Eastern Ocean

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Gloucester

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Hunterdon

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Hunterdon forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Mercer

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Mercer forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.283, -74.702 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Middlesex

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Middlesex forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Morris

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Morris forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Salem

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Somerset

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Somerset forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Sussex

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Sussex forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Warren

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 PM EST
Where: Warren forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Western Atlantic

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Western Cape May

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Western Monmouth

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

Heat, Western Ocean

When: January 2, 10:00 AM EST to January 4, 6:00 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)

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

Every storm in New Jersey in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, January 2000

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: 5129203, 5129204, 5129205, 5129206, 5129207, 5129208, 5129209, 5129210, 5129211, 5129212, 5129213, 5129214, 5129215, 5129216, 5129217, 5129218, 5129219, 5129220, 5129221, 5129222.