Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 5, 2001

Name: Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 5, 2001
Start: 2001-01-05T12:00
End: 2001-01-05T19:30
Location: New Jersey

January 5, 2001 · NWS PHI · 17 events in 17 counties and zones

Light snow, associated with a low pressure system's warm and cold front moved through New Jersey during the afternoon and early evening of the 5th. m.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 17 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: 17

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.

Light snow, associated with a low pressure system's warm and cold front moved through New Jersey during the afternoon and early evening of the 5th. Precipitation in the southern third of the state came in two shots: between noon and 2 p.m. EST and again between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. EST. Accumulations were mainly between one and three inches. High temperatures were generally below freezing. The light snow caused slippery travel conditions on untreated roadways. Specific accumulations included 3 inches in Belvidere (Warren County), 2.4 inches in Marcella (Morris County), 2 inches in Cherry Hill (Camden County), 1.9 inches in Wantage (Sussex County), 1.8 inches in Chatham (Morris County), 1.7 inches in Somerville (Somerset County) and Hightstown (Mercer County), 1.5 inches in Willingboro (Burlington County) and Flemington (Hunterdon County), 1.4 inches in New Brunswick (Middlesex County) and West Deptford (Gloucester County), 1.2 inches in Estell Manor (Atlantic County) and 1 inch in Verga (Gloucester County).

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 5, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 9:30 AM EST, 2 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY, NJ
930 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2001

WILL UPDATE TO ADD SLIGHT ACCUMULATIONS TO SOUTHERN ZONES BASED ON
CURRENT 88D AND SAT PIX. WILL SPRUCEp UP WORDING ALL ZONES AT SAME
TIME.

.PHI...NONE.

ZEV

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jan 5, 10:00 AM EST, 2 hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY, NJ
1000 AM EST FRI JAN 5 2001

...ONE TO THREE INCHES OF SNOW THIS AFTERNOON MAINLY TO THE NORTH
AND WEST OF PHILADELPHIA...

A WEATHER SYSTEM DROPPING IN FROM THE WEST TODAY IS EXPECTED
TO PROVIDE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW OVER NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY AND THE
POCONOS IN PENNSYLVANIA...AN INCH OR TWO IN EAST CENTRAL
PENNSYLVANIA AND CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...AND UP TO AN INCH IN SOUTHERN
NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE AND NORTHEAST MARYLAND.

IN THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF PHILADELPHIA...UP TO TWO
INCHES OF SNOW COULD FALL. IN PHILADELPHIA PROPER AND THE NEARBY
SUBURBS TO THE EAST...ALONG WITH NORTHERN DELAWARE AND EXTREME
NORTHEAST MARYLAND...ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE AROUND AN INCH. AREAS
FARTHER SOUTH AND EAST SHOULD SEE SLIGHTLY LESSER ACCUMULATIONS AS
TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S...AND THE SNOW POSSIBLY
MIXES WITH RAIN.

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON...OCCASIONALLY
BECOMING MODERATE IN INTENSITY WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO 1/2 INCH
PER HOUR DROPPING VISIBILITIES BELOW A MILE.

DURING THE EVENING HOURS...THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO SNOW SHOWERS
NORTH...WITH ALL PRECIPITATION ENDING FROM PHILADELPHIA SOUTH AND
EAST.

WHILE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED...UNTREATED ROADWAYS
WILL LIKELY BECOME SLIPPERY...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND WEST OF
PHILADELPHIA WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE
FREEZING.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION OUTLET FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR
UPDATES. ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET
AT WWW.NWS.NOAA.GOV/ER/PHI.

GOODMAN

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

17 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Camden

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 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)

Heavy Snow, Cumberland

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 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)

Heavy Snow, Gloucester

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 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)

Heavy Snow, Hunterdon

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 7:30 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)

Heavy Snow, Mercer

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 6:30 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)

Heavy Snow, Middlesex

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 7:00 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)

Heavy Snow, Morris

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 7:30 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)

Heavy Snow, Salem

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 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)

Heavy Snow, Somerset

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 7:30 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)

Heavy Snow, Sussex

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 7:00 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)

Heavy Snow, Warren

When: January 5, 12:00 PM EST to 7:00 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)

Heavy Snow, Burlington

When: January 5, 12:30 PM EST to 7:00 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, Western Atlantic

When: January 5, 1:00 PM EST to 7:00 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 Monmouth

When: January 5, 1:00 PM EST to 7:00 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: January 5, 1:00 PM EST to 7:00 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, Eastern Monmouth

When: January 5, 1:00 PM EST to 7:00 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: January 5, 1:00 PM EST to 7:00 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)

What these are

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

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Jersey in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, January 2001

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5228683, 5228817, 5228820, 5228821, 5228822, 5228823, 5228824, 5228825, 5228826, 5228827, 5228828, 5228682, 5227724, 5227808, 5227809, 5228818, 5228819.