Drought in New Jersey

Events

886

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Damage

$80 million

• Drought in New Jersey, September 1 to 27, 1999$80 million · 20 eventsThe drought that gripped the Middle Atlantic States throughout much of the growing season eased in mid August. Normal and in some cases heavier than normal rainfall returned.
• Drought in New Jersey, November 1 to 25, 200221 eventsAn unseasonably wet November ended the meteorological drought across New Jersey. A series of northeasters on November 5th and 6th, November 11th and 12th, November 16th and 17th dropped more precipitation than is normal for the month of November.
• Drought in New Jersey, September 1 to 30, 200221 eventsSeptember began with drought conditions intensifying across New Jersey. The month though saw a return of near normal precipitation. This was too late for farmers. On the 3rd, Governor James McGreevey requested to Congress a federal farm disaster declaration.
• Drought in New Jersey, October 1 to 31, 200221 eventsOctober 2002 saw the return of well above normal precipitation to New Jersey. It was also the first month since June that precipitation was above normal in every county. Soaking rains on the 10th and 11th alone accounted for the normal October precipitation.
• Drought in New Jersey, August 1 to 31, 200221 eventsThe unseasonably warm and dry month of August intensified drought conditions across the state. In fact very little precipitation fell across the state between August 2nd and the 24th.
• Drought in New Jersey, September 1 to 30, 200521 eventsSeptember 2005 was an unseasonably warm and dry month across the state of New Jersey. The unseasonably dry weather began for most in mid August and continued throughout the month. The lack of rain affected both the agriculture and water supplies.
• Drought in New Jersey, September 1 to 30, 201021 eventsSeptember started with a drought watch in effect for Morris County. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on September 8th then extended the drought watch throughout the entire state.
• Drought in New Jersey, October 1 to 31, 201021 eventsThe wet weather on September 30th and October 1st started to recharge water supplies in the state of New Jersey. On October 26th, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection cancelled the drought watch for most of the state, except for Monmouth and Ocean Counties.
• Drought in New Jersey, June 30, 199720 eventsJune 1997 was drier than normal throughout New Jersey. On a county weighted average, deficits averaged between 1.5 and 2 inches in most counties. Deficits though were within an inch of normal in Atlantic, Cape May, Mercer, Middlesex and Ocean Counties.
• Drought in New Jersey, December 31, 199820 eventsAs dry as July through November were, for most of New Jersey, December was even drier.
• Drought in New Jersey, December 14 to 31, 199820 eventsThe run of unseasonably dry weather that began in July started to take its toll on all parties with water concerns throughout the state.
• Drought in New Jersey, August 31, 199820 eventsUnseasonably dry weather continued to take its toll on crops and vegetation across New Jersey during the month of August.
• Drought in New Jersey, November 30, 199820 eventsUnseasonably dry weather continued through the month of November across New Jersey. On a county weighted average only 1.2 to 1.9 inches of precipitation fell during the month.
• Drought in New Jersey, September 30, 199820 eventsSeptember 1998 continued the trend of both warmer and drier than normal weather across New Jersey. The dry weather reduced the yields on crops throughout the region. It also prolonged water restrictions in some communities.
• Drought in New Jersey, July 31, 199820 eventsJuly 1998 started a run of drier than normal weather across New Jersey. On a county weighted average, rainfall totals for the month of July were between 1.5 and 3.0 inches and averaged about half of normal.
• Drought in New Jersey, January 1, 199920 eventsJanuary 1999 finally broke a string of unseasonably dry months that prevailed throughout the second half of 1998. Conditions did not look promising at the start of the month. On January 5th, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) issued a conditional drought emergency.
• Drought in New Jersey, February 1 to 2, 199920 eventsThe combination of the recent heavy precipitation during January and the mild temperatures that allowed water to soak into the soil and raise ground water levels permitted the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) on February 2nd to lift their drought warning.
• Drought in New Jersey, July 31, 199920 eventsJuly 1999 continued the trend of extremely warm and dry weather across New Jersey. July 1999 was the warmest July on record at the marina within Atlantic City with a monthly mean temperature of 78.6 degrees. The previous record was 78.1 degrees set in 1993.
• Drought in New Jersey, August 1, 199920 eventsThe drought continued throughout the first half of August across New Jersey. Crops were decimated, especially grain and forage crops in the northern part of the state. Crop losses were estimated at exceeding $80 million dollars.
• Drought in New Jersey, May 1 to 31, 199920 eventsUnseasonably dry weather returned to most of New Jersey during the month of May, especially in the southeast part of the state. On a county weighted average, only .9 of an inch of rain fell during the month of May in Cape May County. This is 26 percent of normal.
• Drought in New Jersey, July 1 to 31, 199920 eventsThe drought intensified throughout July across New Jersey. For the fourth consecutive month, below normal precipitation continued. On a county weighted average for July, between 0.5 inches (in Somerset and Morris Counties) and 2.3 inches (in Cumberland County) fell.
• Drought in New Jersey, June 1 to 30, 199920 eventsUnseasonably dry weather continued throughout the month of June across New Jersey. Aside from Essex, Cumberland and Atlantic Counties, all the other counties on a county weighted average had less than half of their normal monthly precipitation.
• Drought in New Jersey, October 31, 200020 eventsOctober 2000 was one of the driest Octobers on record in New Jersey and in a few locations, the driest month ever on record. On a county weighted average monthly precipitation totals ranged from 0.1 inches in Atlantic and Cape May Counties to 1.2 inches in Gloucester County.
• Drought in New Jersey, April 30, 200120 eventsApril 2001 was unseasonably dry month for the state of New Jersey, especially during the second half of the month when very little rain fell. The preliminary state average monthly precipitation total was 1.69 inches, the 7th driest on record since 1895.
• Drought in New Jersey, May 1 to 20, 200120 eventsUnseasonably dry weather continued across New Jersey into the 20th. Little, if any, precipitation fell across the state during the first 19 days of the month. It continued a trend that had prevailed since the second half of April.

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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.