Heat in New Jersey, January 27 to 30, 2002

Name: Heat in New Jersey, January 27 to 30, 2002
Start: 2002-01-27T12:00
End: 2002-01-30T18:00
Location: New Jersey

January 27 to 30, 2002 · NWS PHI · 20 events in 20 counties and zones

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.

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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.

A strong ridge of high pressure at the surface and higher levels of our atmosphere brought unseasonably warm air into New Jersey from January 27th through the 30th. This cemented another unseasonably warm and dry month across the region. High temperatures were in the 60s and even some record breaking 70s on the 29th and 30th. A cold front dropped through the state late in the day on the 30th and lowered temperatures closer to seasonable levels on the 31st. Highest temperatures included 72 degrees at the Atlantic City International Airport and Lumberton (Burlington County), 71 degrees at the Marina within Atlantic City, Pennsauken (Camden County), West Deptford (Gloucester County) and Millville (Cumberland County), 70 degrees in Trenton (Mercer County), Belmar (Monmouth County), Belle Mead (Somerset County) and Wildwood (Cape May County), 69 degrees in Chatham (Morris County) and Iselin (Middlesex County), 68 degrees in Flemington (Hunterdon County), 67 degrees in Hackettstown (Warren County), 66 degrees in Harvey Cedars (Ocean County), 65 degrees in Newton (Sussex County), 64 degrees in Walpack (Sussex County) and Sussex (Sussex County). January monthly mean temperatures averaged around 6 degrees warmer than normal. The preliminary monthly mean temperature of 36.5 degrees for the state was the 10th warmest January on record. At the Marina within Atlantic City, the monthly mean temperature of 42.2 degrees was the second warmest January on record. At the Atlantic City International Airport, the monthly mean temperature of 38.6 degrees was the eighth warmest January on record.

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 27, 8:10 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 27, 8:10 AM EST, 3 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ
810 AM EST SUN JAN 27 2002

EVEN WITH THE VERY LARGE DIURNALS EXPECTED...OKX/WAL MORNING
SOUNDINGS TODAY INDICATE TEMPS SHOULD GET TO 60 MOST INLAND SOUTHERN
AREAS AND 50S ELSEWHERE. THE COLD WATER AT THE COAST WITH A S TO SW
GRADIENT SHOULD ALSO LIMIT TEMPS THERE. THEREFORE, I WILL RAISE FCST
HIGHS TODAY ABOUT A NOTCH. NO RECORDS EXPECTED WITH THEM RUNNING
5-10 DEGREES ABOVE FCST HIGHS.

RNS

.............................................
LOOKS PRETTY QUIET TIL MIDWEEK WHEN WINT MAY APPEAR AGN. FOR NOW...
MENTIONING PSBL MXD PCPN IN NRN ZONES WED NGT AND THU AS AVN/MRF
SHOW ARCTIC FNT SAGGING S INTO THE FCST AREA. WONT GET REAL CUTE
WITH THE TIMING SINCE IT WL PRBLY CHG BTWN NOW AND THEN.

ZONES WIBIS AT 415 AM.

.PHI...NONE.

KRAUS

The radar

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

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Event by event

20 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Burlington

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

Heat, Camden

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 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)

Heat, Cumberland

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 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)

Heat, Eastern Atlantic

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

Heat, Eastern Ocean

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

Heat, Gloucester

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 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)

Heat, Hunterdon

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

Heat, Morris

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 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)

Heat, Somerset

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

Heat, Warren

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

Heat, Western Atlantic

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

Heat, Western Cape May

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

Heat, Western Ocean

When: January 27, 12:00 PM EST to January 30, 6:00 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)

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in New Jersey in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in New Jersey, January 2002

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: 5277612, 5277613, 5277614, 5277615, 5277616, 5277617, 5277618, 5277619, 5277620, 5277621, 5277622, 5277623, 5277624, 5277625, 5277626, 5277627, 5277628, 5277629, 5277630, 5277631.