A high pressure system that moved over New Jersey coupled with fresh snow cover from the winter storm on the 2nd and 3rd gave the area one of its coldest winter morning in years. This was the first of three arctic blasts in the state during the month.  While this was the coldest morning of the winter for some rural areas that are normally colder on calm nights, it was not the harshest.  Because the high pressure system was over the region, wind chill factors and actual air temperatures were nearly the same. This was not the case a few days later and again around the 22nd of January.
The low temperature reached a daily record breaking 3 degrees below zero at the Atlantic City International Airport, the coldest of the meteorological winter and the coldest since February 5, 1996 when the low reached 8 degrees below zero. The low temperature reached a daily record tying 1 degree below zero in Trenton (Mercer County) and was the coldest of the winter season.
Other low temperatures on the morning of the 4th included 10 degrees below zero in Pellettown (Sussex County), 9 degrees below zero in Sussex (Sussex County), Millville (Cumberland County) and Hope (Warren County), 8 degrees below zero in Kingwood and Flemington (Hunterdon County), Toms River (Ocean County) and Basking Ridge (Somerset County), 5 degrees below zero in Hillisborough (Somerset County), 4 degrees below zero in Netcong (Morris County) and Belvidere (Warren County), 3 degrees below zero in Lumberton (Burlington County), Woodbine (Cape May County) and Hammonton (Atlantic County), 1 degree below zero in New Brunswick (Middlesex County), Howell (Monmouth County) and Swedesboro (Gloucester County), 2 degrees above zero in Pennsauken (Camden County), 4 degrees above zero in Cherry Hill (Camden County), 6 degrees above zero in Point Pleasant (Ocean County), 10 degrees above zero in West Cape May (Cape May County), 13 degrees above zero in Margate (Atlantic County) and 14 degrees above zero at the Atlantic City Marina (Atlantic County) and Wildwood (Cape May County).

Cold/Wind Chill in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in HUNTERDON, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in MERCER, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in MIDDLESEX, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in MORRIS, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in SOMERSET, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in SUSSEX, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in WARREN, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

Cold/Wind Chill in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 04-JAN-14 00:00:00 to 04-JAN-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet