New Jersey, 2001

Heat in New Jersey, November 30, 2001

November 30, 2001 · NWS PHI · 20 events in 20 counties and zones

In addition to the unseasonably dry weather, November 2001 was unseasonably warm in New Jersey. 1 degrees was the fifth warmest November on record since 1895.

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.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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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.

In addition to the unseasonably dry weather, November 2001 was unseasonably warm in New Jersey. The preliminary statewide average temperature of 49.1 degrees was the fifth warmest November on record since 1895. The 1971-2000 normal is 44.9 degrees. At the Atlantic City Marina, the monthly mean temperature of 53.9 degrees was the second warmest November on record. At the Atlantic City International Airport, the monthly mean temperature of 49.3 degrees was the 8th warmest on record. At the Mercer County Airport (near Trenton), the monthly mean temperature of 49.8 degrees was 3.5 degrees above normal.

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 Nov 30, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 9:30 PM EST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
930 PM EST FRI NOV 30 2001

WILL BE CLEANING UP ZONES AS SHRAS ARE NEARLY GONE. WE WILL ALSO BE
LWRG SCA ON DE BAY.

PREV AFD **********************************************************

FRONTAL SYSTEM IS WORKING ITS WAY TWD THE CWA THIS AFTN...PRECEDED
BY SHWRS SPCLY N OF PHL. CURRENT ACTIVITY MAINLY N OF PHL SHUD CONT
TO MOV NEWD THIS AFTN...BUT WE/LL KEEP IN A CHC OF SHWRS FOR ERY
THIS EVE WITH HIEST POS NWRN ZONES IN CASE ANY OF THE PRECIP
CURRENTLY OVR SWRN PA CURVES NEWD THRU OUR NWRN ZONES. THUNDER WAS
IN THE WARM ADVECTION AREA TO OUR WEST WITH THE BEST PVA
EARLIER...SO NO MENTION OF THUNDER FOR THE EVE IS PLANNED. STLT
SHOWS LTG ALIGNED ALG CDFNT IN WRN NY NOW...WITH ONLY THE
AFORMENTIONED SHWRS SWD INTO PA.

OTHERWISE CLDS SHUD BE ON THE DCRS AFTER THE EVE HRS...WITH FIRST
CDFNT TO MOV THRU LATER TNGT WITH WINDS BCMG MORE WLY AFT MIDN/TWD
MRNG. FIGURING ON MIXED SUN/CLDS SAT...WITH A SECONDARY DRY FRONT
PROGGED THRU SAT NITE. WL SAY PTLY CLDY AT THIS POINT BASED ON MODEL
RH...WITH MOSUNNY CONDS SUN AS DRIER AIR WORKS IN.

TEMPS...MOS SEEMS TO BE PRETTY REASONABLE...MAV MAXES SEEMED TOO
COOL SAT.

ON THE MARINE WL CONT WITH SCA ALL WATERS AND DE BAY. WINDS MAY BE
MARGINAL SPCLY UPPER BAY BUT SINCE ITS ADVERTISED WE/LL KEEP IT UP
FOR NOW.

FCSTID = 17
MPO   46  55  33  46 /  60  10   0   0
ABE   49  61  37  51 /  50   0   0   0
RDG   50  62  38  53 /  50   0   0   0
PHL   54  66  40  55 /  40   0   0   0
12N   48  58  35  48 /  60  10   0   0
SMQ   51  64  38  54 /  40   0   0   0
TTN   52  65  38  54 /  40   0   0   0
MIV   52  65  36  54 /  30   0   0   0
ACY   55  64  40  53 /  30   0   0   0
ILG   53  65  39  55 /  40   0   0   0
DOV   54  66  38  55 /  30   0   0   0
GED   54  67  39  56 /  30   0   0   0
ESN   54  66  40  54 /  30   0   0   0

.PHI...
DE...NONE.
MD...NONE.
NJ...NONE.
PA...NONE.
.MARINE...SCA CSTL WATERS SANDY HOOK NJ TO FENWICK ISLAND DE.

The radar

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Event by event

20 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Burlington

When
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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
November 30, 11:59 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.

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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: 5273037, 5273038, 5273039, 5273040, 5273041, 5273042, 5273043, 5273044, 5273045, 5273046, 5273047, 5273048, 5273049, 5273050, 5273051, 5273052, 5273053, 5273054, 5273055, 5273056.