A large high pressure system at the surface and in higher levels of the atmosphere over the western Atlantic Ocean continued the flow of mild and unseasonably warm air into the Middle Atlantic States.  High temperatures were mostly in the 60s on the 2nd and 3rd and reached as warm as 70 degrees on the 4th.  Daily high temperature records were set on the 2nd (66 degrees) and on the 3rd (67 degrees) at the Atlantic City International Airport and on the 3rd (59 degrees) at the Marina within Atlantic City.  Due to higher historical records, in spite of the fact that the 4th was the warmest day during this spell inland, no new daily temperature records were set that day.  A backdoor cold front tried to move south through New Jersey the night of the 2nd, but the strong ridge prevented its southward progress.  A stronger cold frontal passage late in the afternoon on the 4th brought an end to the unseasonably warm weather. The highest temperatures (mainly on the 4th) included 70 degrees in Mount Holly and Lumberton (Burlington County), 69 degrees in Estell Manor (Atlantic County), 68 degrees in Somerdale (Camden County), Pennsauken (Camden County) and Trenton (Mercer County), 67 degrees at the Atlantic City International Airport in Pomona, Seabrook (Cumberland County) and Somerville (Somerset County), 66 degrees in Phillipsburg (Warren County), Millville (Cumberland County) and Wildwood (Cape May County), 64 degrees in Belmar (Monmouth County), 62 degrees in Andover (Sussex County) and 60 degrees at the Marina within Atlantic City.

Heat in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Heat in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 02-JAN-00 10:00:00 to 04-JAN-00 18:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC