Temperatures In The Teens Set November Records In NJ

PARSIPPANY, NJ — It was really, really cold yesterday in Morris County. We know you already know that. Anyone who stepped outside on Tuesday or Wednesday felt the biting, unseasonable cold, but now its official: Wednesday's cold was record-breaking.

The coldest temperature recorded in Morris County was found in Parsippany, which had a low of just 17 degrees overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. The coldest place in the entire state was in nearby Wantage, where a temperature of just 11 degrees was recorded at High Point Monument, Rutgers Weather Service says.

Keep in mind, those numbers don't include the wind chill. Once you factor that in, some places felt as cold as nine degrees, including Morristown Municipal Airport, according to the National Weather Service.

Temperatures that cold this early in the season broke records, some nearly 100-years-old. Trenton saw a low of 21 degrees, two degrees colder than the previous record low set in 1920. Newark broke a much more recent record, with temperatures of 25 degrees dipping below the 2017 record of 28 degrees.

Some parts of the state even saw flurries, with Patch reporters in several counties noticing snow. A number of town opened warming stations, including Morristown and Newark, ahead of the cold snap.

Other super-cold temperatures record in North Jersey include:

• 16 degrees in Hackettstown
• 11 degrees in Walpack
• 17 degrees in Basking Ridge
• 13 degrees in High Point

As of 2:28 p.m., the warmed place in the state is Cape May Court House, with a relatively balmy temperature of 36. High Point remains the coldest place, with a reading of 23 degrees, according to Rutgers Weather.

Those cold temperatures are expecting to continue Wednesday night, when most of the state, including North Jersey, should once again in the teens and low 20s. With wind not in the forecast, the cold should have less of a bite than it did this morning.