New Jersey, 2001

Drought in New Jersey, November 1 to 30, 2001

November 1 to 30, 2001 · NWS OKX · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A second straight month of extremely dry weather worsened drought conditions across the region. November was drier than October.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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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.

A second straight month of extremely dry weather worsened drought conditions across the region. November was drier than October. The total average rainfall for November was 0.96 inches or 22 percent of normal. For October and November, the total rainfall averaged 2.04 inches, which was a deficit of 5.83 inches.The combined storage in the 13 major water supply reservoirs serving northeast New Jersey was 35.3 billion gallons, which was 43.9 percent of capacity. This storage was 4.7 billion gallons less than 1 month ago and 23.4 billion gallons less than 1 year ago.Streamflow and groundwater conditions at USGS sites monitored around the region were consistently in the deficit range. Mean flows at several index stations hit their lowest levels on record for the month. Ground-water levels at several water-table observation wells also fell to record levels for the month.The New Jersey State Department of Environmental Protection continued the Drought Watch for Passaic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union Counties during November.

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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 31, 8:30 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 8:30 PM EST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NEW YORK NY
830 PM EST WED OCT 31 2001

BEST AREA OF OVERRUNNING ASSOC WITH THE APCHING WARM FRONT AND UPR
SUPPORT PASSES N OF THE FA OVERNIGHT. THE UPR SPT AND OVERRUNNING
SHOULD BE LOCTD E OF THE FA AFTER 06Z. I UPDATED THE ZONES TO LOWER
THE POPS FOR THE OVERNIGHT PD AND TO ADJUST OVERNIGHT TEMPS. THE SFC
FRONT WILL TRY TO DRAG THROUGH THE AREA BY MORNING...I WONT TRY TO
TIME LGT PRECIP/SPRINKLES.

MARINE...SFC PRES PATTERN FAIRLY WEAK BUT SOME WINDS ARE STILL
MIXING DOWN. THE MIXING DOWN SHOULD BACK OFF AS WARMER AIR MOVES IN
ALOFT. HELD WINDS AND SEAS BLO SCA CRIT FOR THE OVERNIGHT PD.

.OKX...
CT...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
NY...NONE.
MARINE...NONE.

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The radar

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

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Event by event

6 drought. Local standard time, as filed.

Drought, Union

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Union forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Hudson

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Hudson forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
40.731, -74.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Essex

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Essex forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Eastern Passaic

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Eastern Passaic forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Drought, Bergen

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Bergen forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY

Drought, Western Passaic

When
November 1, 12:00 AM EST to November 30, 11:59 PM EST
Where
Western Passaic forecast zone
Reported by
OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates
41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Drought
A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5272630, 5272631, 5272632, 5272633, 5272634, 5272635.