New Jersey, 2024

Excessive Heat in New Jersey, June 22, 2024

June 22, 2024 · NWS PHI · 9 events in 9 counties and zones

A strong ridge of high pressure both at the surface and aloft combined with a flow of moist air northward from the Gulf of Mexico resulted in excessive heat across parts of central and southern New Jersey.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 9 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
9

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 both at the surface and aloft combined with a flow of moist air northward from the Gulf of Mexico resulted in excessive heat across parts of central and southern New Jersey.

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 Jun 22, 10:36 AM EST, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 10:36 AM EST, 24 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

9 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Camden

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Camden forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.804, -74.960 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 105 F at Philadelphia International Airport and South Jersey Regional Airport.

Excessive Heat, Gloucester

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Gloucester forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.717, -75.142 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 105 F at Philadelphia International Airport and Wilmington Aiprort.

Excessive Heat, Northwestern Burlington

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Northwestern Burlington forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 105 F at South Jersey Regional Airport and 106 F at McGuire Air Force Base.

Excessive Heat, Western Ocean

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Western Ocean forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
39.866, -74.250 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 106 F at Robert J. Miller Airpark.

Excessive Heat, Southeastern Burlington

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Southeastern Burlington forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
39.878, -74.668 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 106 F at McGuire Air Force Base and Robert J. Miller Airpark.

Excessive Heat, Western Monmouth

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Western Monmouth forecast zone
Reported by
AWOS
Coordinates
40.288, -74.158 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 106 F at Monmouth Executive Airport.

Excessive Heat, Middlesex

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Middlesex forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 106 F at Monmouth Executive Airport and 107 F at Somerset Airport.

Excessive Heat, Somerset

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Somerset forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 107 F at Somerset Airport.

Excessive Heat, Hunterdon

When
June 22, 11:00 AM EST to 6:00 PM EST
Where
Hunterdon forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The heat index reached 107 F at Somerset Airport and 106 F at Quakertown Airport.

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1187899, 1187900, 1187901, 1187903, 1187904, 1187905, 1187906, 1187907, 1187908.