An 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. The preliminary statewide average monthly precipitation for November was 5.27 inches. Normal is 3.71 inches. On a county weighted average November monthly precipitation ranged from 4.1 inches in Warren County to 6.2 inches in Atlantic County. The wettest part of the state in November was the southeast. On November 25th, the Delaware River Basin Commission dropped their drought emergency for the entire Delaware River Basin. Streamflows have returned to normal. Lower basin reservoirs in Eastern Pennsylvania (Beltzville, Blue Marsh and Nockamixon) returned to normal and there was no longer a need for water storage in the F.E. Walter Dam (in Pennsylvania) to supplement the base flow of the Delaware River south of Trenton. The New York City reservoirs at the headwaters of the Delaware River increased from 57.6 percent of capacity on November 1st to 71.5 percent of capacity on December 1st. Storage on December 1st was 13 percent above normal and 135 billion gallons greater (or 300 percent higher) than levels on December 1, 2001. By the middle of the month, the Monmouth County reservoirs (Manasquan, Swimming River and Glendola) were all between 90 and 100 percent of capacity. Even groundwater levels in the southern part of the state (which normally are the last to respond) were rising. One last legacy of the drought was the death of thousands of Christmas tree saplings across the state. Christmas tree farms are not normally irrigated. It was estimated that 50 percent of seedlings and early age trees and 25 to 50 percent of young trees died of thirst.  The November monthly precipitation in Trenton was 4.63 inches, at the Atlantic City International Airport was 5.96 inches (6th wettest on record) and 6.57 inches at the Marina within Atlantic City.

Drought in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL

Drought in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-NOV-02 00:00:00 to 25-NOV-02 09:00:00 (EST)
Property damage: 0
Reported by: GOVT OFFICIAL