September started with a drought watch in effect for Morris County. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on September 8th then extended the drought watch throughout the entire state. The Department of Environmental Protection asked all state residents to voluntarily conserve water. The hot and dry summer taxed reservoir stream and groundwater levels. Shallow groundwater (private) wells were also starting to show stress.
Franklin Township in Somerset County declared a water emergency on the 16th and placed a 90 day ban on filling pools and washing cars and other outside surfaces and also limited the amount of lawn watering. Another effect of the drought was the re-emergence of the brown tide in Barnegat Bay. The extremely dry conditions with little freshwater runoff into the bay raised salinity levels. This set the explosion of billions of micro-organisms in the bay. These organisms interfere with shellfish organs and literally make them starve to death.

September was another unseasonably warm month in New Jersey. Statewide it was the 4th warmest September on record since 1895 with an average temperature of 69.2 degrees. Because of the heavy rain on the last day of the month, September averaged closer to normal rainfall. It was the 7th warmest (71.0 degrees) September on record at the Atlantic City International Airport and the warm season as a whole established a new record for the number of days that the maximum temperature reached or exceeded 90 degrees (46 days). It was the 6th warmest (70.8 degrees) September on record in Trenton (Mercer County) and Trenton set its own record of 90 degree days with 52 days.

Drought in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official

Drought in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 01-SEP-10 00:00:00 to 30-SEP-10 23:59:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: State Official