Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Western Passaic
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Passaic forecast zone
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold in New Jersey, January 27 to 28, 2000
Wind chill values ranged from 20 to around 30 degrees below zero, as follows:At Caldwell Airport in Essex County, the lowest wind chill of 27 degrees below zero occurred around 7 am on the 28th when the temperature was 9 degrees above zero and the wind speed was 22 mph. At Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, the lowest wind chill of 23 degrees below zero occurred around 7 pm on the 27th when the…
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 OKX wrote it up.
Strong and gusty northwest winds combined with well below normal temperatures and produced extremely low wind chill values.Wind chill values ranged from 20 to around 30 degrees below zero, as follows:At Caldwell Airport in Essex County, the lowest wind chill of 27 degrees below zero occurred around 7 am on the 28th when the temperature was 9 degrees above zero and the wind speed was 22 mph. The lowest wind chill at Newark Airport was around 20 degrees below zero.At Teterboro Airport in Bergen County, the lowest wind chill of 23 degrees below zero occurred around 7 pm on the 27th when the temperature was 14 degrees above zero and the wind speed was 26 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Bergen
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Bergen forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Passaic
- When
- January 27, 6:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Passaic forecast zone
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Essex
- When
- January 27, 11:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Essex forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hudson
- When
- January 27, 11:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hudson forecast zone
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.731, -74.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Union
- When
- January 27, 11:00 PM EST to January 28, 10:00 AM EST
- Where
- Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
What these are
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
- Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, January 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5128137, 5128138, 5128139, 5128541, 5128542, 5128543.