Winter Storm, Burlington
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Burlington forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 30 to 31, 2000
A low pressure system developed in the western Gulf of Mexico during the day on the 28th. It slowly moved eastnortheast and by Sunday morning the 30th was located near Apalachicola Florida, not too far from the location of the January 25th storm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 12 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
- 12
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 low pressure system developed in the western Gulf of Mexico during the day on the 28th. It slowly moved eastnortheast and by Sunday morning the 30th was located near Apalachicola Florida, not too far from the location of the January 25th storm. Unlike the previous storm, this one tracked farther to the west and moved northeast along the Atlantic Seaboard. By the morning of the 31st, it was located near Boston, Massachusetts. There was less cold air present at the start of the storm, especially along the coastal plain. Most of it was in the lowest layers of the atmosphere. This led to the more typical potpourri of weather across New Jersey with primarily rain in the southeast part of the state and heavy snow in the northwest part of the state.Precipitation started during the afternoon as snow throughout most of the state. Along the coast and in the southeast part of the state enough warm air was already present for precipitation to just briefly start as either sleet or rain before changing to rain. By early evening precipitation had changed to sleet and freezing rain across the southwest part of the state, but still falling as snow in the west central and northwest part of the state. By 9 p.m. EST enough warm air had moved into the southwest part of the state to change the precipitation to plain rain. Meanwhile at that time a transition to sleet and freezing rain was occurring in the west central and northwest part of the state. The cold air was deep enough in Sussex County for precipitation to continue to fall as mainly snow. By 10 p.m. EST sleet had made it as far north as Warren County. Precipitation ended from south to north from midnight through 3 a.m. EST on the 31st. Temperatures never made it above freezing in the northwest part of the state. Accumulations were highest in the northwest part of the state where precipitation fell as snow the longest. The greatest accretion of ice, around one-quarter of an inch, occurred in townships along the Delaware River from Salem County to Mercer County. The ice brought down a couple of power lines and caused isolated outages. Untreated roadways were very treacherous and high traffic volume due to Super Bowl Sunday exacerbated the problems. Snowfall accumulations of an inch or more included: in Sussex County 8.5 inches in Stillwater, 7.5 inches in High Point, 7 inches in Highland Lakes, 6.5 inches in Wantage and 6 inches in Sparta; in Warren County 8 inches in Belvidere and 7 inches in Blairstown; in Morris County 5.5 inches in Marcella, 5 inches in Long Valley and 4.5 inches in Morristown; in Hunterdon County 6 inches in Reigelsville, 5 inches in Bloomsbury and 4 inches in White House Station; in Somerset County 2 inches in Somerville, in Middlesex County, 1.8 inches in New Brunswick and in Mercer County 1.5 inches in Hamilton Square.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 winter storm, 2 sleet, 1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Camden
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Camden forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Gloucester
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Gloucester forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Hunterdon
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to January 31, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Mercer
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to 11:00 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.283, -74.702 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Morris
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to January 31, 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Salem
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to 8:00 PM EST
- Where
- Salem forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 39.577, -75.358 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Somerset
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to January 31, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Warren
- When
- January 30, 4:00 PM EST to January 31, 1:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Sleet, Middlesex
- When
- January 30, 5:00 PM EST to 8:00 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)
Sleet, Western Monmouth
- When
- January 30, 5:00 PM EST to 8:00 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, Sussex
- When
- January 30, 9:00 PM EST to January 31, 3:00 AM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
- Sleet
- Sleet accumulating half an inch or more.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Extreme Cold in Oklahoma, January 30, 2000
- Ice Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2000
- Ice Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2000
- Winter Storm in Vermont, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Storm in New York, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Virginia, January 30, 2000
- Winter Weather in New York, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 30 to 31, 2000
- Ice Storm and Winter Storm in Maryland, January 30, 2000
- Dense Fog in Florida, January 30, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5129245, 5129246, 5129247, 5129248, 5129249, 5129250, 5129251, 5129252, 5129253, 5129254, 5129255, 5129244.