Winter Weather, Sussex
- When
- January 2, 5:00 AM EST to 8:00 AM 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)
Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 2, 2004
A warm front moving northeast through northern New Jersey helped produce widely scattered pockets of light freezing rain during the early morning of the 2nd in Sussex County. The recent warm weather prevented roadways from icing.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 warm front moving northeast through northern New Jersey helped produce widely scattered pockets of light freezing rain during the early morning of the 2nd in Sussex County. The recent warm weather prevented roadways from icing. There were trace ice accretions on exposed surfaces such as trees and power lines and on untreated bridges and overpasses.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Avalanche in Idaho, January 2, 2004
- High Surf in California, January 2, 2004
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, January 2, 2004
- High Wind in Colorado, January 2, 2004
- Flooding in Indiana, January 2 to 13, 2004
- Debris Flow in California, January 2, 2004
- Winter Storm in North Dakota, January 2 to 3, 2004
- Winter Storm in Minnesota, January 2 to 3, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, January 2, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 2 to 3, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, January 2 to 3, 2004
- Heavy Snow in California, January 2 to 3, 2004
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, January 2004
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: 5383855.