Extreme Cold/Wind Chill in New Jersey
Every extreme cold/wind chill event the National Weather Service has filed in New Jersey, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.
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The most significant extreme cold/wind chill episodes in New Jersey.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 61
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- None recorded
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Extreme Cold in New Jersey, February 5 to 6, 2007An arctic air mass that originated near the North Pole invaded New Jersey. The combination of the unseasonably cold air and gusty northwest winds produced wind chill factors as low as zero to around 10 degrees below zero during the mornings of the 5th and 6th.
- Extreme Cold and Cold in New Jersey, February 13 to 14, 2016Bitter cold temperatures and strong northwest winds associated with an Arctic outbreak combined to create dangerous wind chill temperatures across the entire northeast quadrant of the county beginning Saturday morning, February 13th into Sunday afternoon, February 14th.
- Extreme Cold in New Jersey, January 21, 2000The combination of a quickly intensifying low pressure system off the New England Coast and a strong high pressure system west of the Great Lakes caused strong and gusty northwest winds.
- Extreme Cold in New Jersey, January 27 to 28, 2000Strong and gusty northwest winds combined with well below normal temperatures and produced extremely low wind chill values.Wind chill values ranged from 20 to around 30 degrees below zero, as follows:At Caldwell Airport in Essex County, the lowest wind chill of 27 degrees below…
- Extreme Cold in New Jersey, January 17 to 18, 2000An arctic cold front swept across the region during Sunday afternoon, January 16th.
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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.