Unseasonably 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. In response to the dry weather, the New Jersey State Forest Fire Service imposed a statewide ban on any open, controlled fires. The lack of precipitation forced farmers to delay planting soybeans and initiate irrigation for peaches and corn. May crops (grains/grasses) were either stunted or grew at a slow pace. Rain associated with a warm front missed the state on the 19th. But, a weak low pressure system that formed on the ensuing cold front spread rain across the state on the evening of the 20th and the early morning of the 21st. The heaviest rain fell across the southern half of the state. This ushered a change in the weather pattern. For the rest of the month, precipitation totals were wetter than normal.

Drought in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC

Drought in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 01-MAY-01 00:00:00 to 20-MAY-01 18:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC