Individual monthly snowfall totals were as large as 36.0” and 34.9” at two Galloway Township locations, Brigantine (Atlantic) caught 32.1”, Stafford Township (Ocean) 30.0”, Ocean City (Cape May) 26.5”, Berkeley Township (Ocean) 25.7”, and Maurice River Township (Cumberland) 25.3”. Lowest northwest totals included Montague (Sussex) with 1.95”, Newton (Sussex) and Blairstown (Warren) each with 2.11”, Stillwater Township (Sussex) 2.12”, Andover Township (Sussex) 2.47”, Frelinghuysen Township (Warren) 2.58”, and Sparta (Sussex) 2.67”. This was followed by Lower Township (Cape May) at 5.50” and another station there at 5.11”, Salem (Salem) with 5.47”, Middle Township (Cape May) with 5.40” and 5.35”, and Old Bridge (Middlesex) 5.21”. Individual NJ CoCoRaHS stations received as much as 5.59” of rain and melted snow at Galloway Township (Atlantic County). Statewide daily maximum temperatures averaged 37.9° (-2.4°, 55th coldest) and the minimums averaged 19.4° (-3.8°, 41st coldest).įrom the above discourse, it is apparent that the south and the coast led the way in the precipitation department in January. The north averaged 25.4°, which is 3.5° below normal and 46th coldest, the south 30.6° (-2.8°, 50th coldest), and coast 31.4° (-3.0°, 52nd coldest). January was 12.7° colder than December when, on average, a difference of 4.9° is expected. It ranked 49th coldest of the past 128 years. The statewide average January temperature of 28.7° was 3.0° below normal. The ten snowiest Januarys in southern New Jersey since 1895. Counties to the north averaged 13.0” (+3.7”, 33rd snowiest). Central counties (Middlesex, Monmouth, Mercer, Hunterdon, Somerset, and Union) averaged 12.0” (+4.3”, 32nd snowiest). This is 18.3” above normal and ranks as the second snowiest January since 1895 (Table 1). The southern counties averaged 23.9” (Ocean and Burlington and southward: note the difference between the county breakdown for precipitation and temperature). This is 11.0” above normal and ranks as the 9th snowiest January since 1895. Note the scale in full inches at the bottom of the map. January 2022 precipitation across New Jersey based on a PRISM (Oregon State University) analysis generated using NWS Cooperative and CoCoRaHS observations from 7AM on December 31, 2021, to 7AM on January 31st. As the month ended, northwestern counties were under consideration for being similarly designated.įigure 1. Persistent dry conditions in recent months resulted in the southernmost NJ counties deemed “Abnormally Dry” for most of the month, according to the National Drought Monitor. The coastal region caught 4.34”, which is 0.83” above normal and ranks 31st wettest. Southern counties, except close to the Atlantic Coast, averaged 3.72”, which is 0.25” above normal and ranks 46th wettest. The northern counties south to and including Hunterdon, Somerset, and Union averaged 2.90”, 0.60” below normal and 75th wettest (53rd driest). This is 0.04” below the 1991–2020 normal and ranks as the 54th wettest (75th driest) January since 1895. Rain and melted snow averaged 3.45” across the state (Figure 1). Toss in 15 days where one or more locations around the state recorded wind gusts of 40 mph or greater (five of these with gusts of at least 50 mph) and two atmospheric pressure waves moving across the state as a result of a volcanic eruption in the south Pacific, and it certainly was an eventful month. The prevailing storm track was such that the northwest corner of the state received the least snow, yet saw seven days with low temperatures dipping below zero. At some locations, the total exceeded that of the most recent three winters combined. New Jersey was right in the heart of winter to start off 2022, and nowhere was that more apparent than in southern coastal counties where far more than an average winter’s snow fell. When it comes to cold and snow, the second month of winter wasn’t anything like the first.
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