How Hot Did It Get During Latest NJ Heat Wave?

NEW JERSEY — This past week, you may have thought that you left your front door and stepped directly inside a sauna. But no, that was just the latest heat wave to hit New Jersey.

High heat and high humidity mixed to provide an incredibly unpleasant atmosphere for most of the state, except those lucky enough to be at the Jersey Shore.

Weekend storms will provide a temporary reprieve from this heat wave, but the bad news is a new one might start at the beginning of next week, according to forecasters.

The latest heat wave came after the second-hottest June on record in New Jersey, according to David Robinson, the state's climatologist.

Many areas found themselves under heat advisories, which is when maximum heat index temperatures (how hot it actually feels, combining air temperatures with humidity levels) are expected to be at least 100 degrees for at least two days, and nighttime air temperatures won't get below 75 degrees. Other parts of the state were under excessive heat warnings, which is similar to an advisory, but is issued when maximum heat index temperatures are expected to be at least 105 degrees. And if you spent any time at all outside during the heat wave you probably felt that.

It's also been incredibly dry, despite the crazy amount of moisture in the air. Much of the state is "abnormally dry" and some areas even reaching "moderate drought" level, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

With heat indexes in some areas having reached triple-digits, just how hot did it get during the heat wave in New Jersey?

Check out some of the hottest temperatures around the state, according to the Rutgers NJ Weather Network and the National Weather Service (note that the dew points combined with the temperatures contributed to it feeling like more than 100 degrees, and several days had 100 percent relative humidity):

• Moorestown: reached 99 degrees on July 8, with a max dew point of 78
• Cream Ridge: reached 98 degrees on July 9, with a max dew point of 80
• Hillsborough: reached 98 degrees on July 9, with a max dew point of 79
• Pennsauken: reached 98 degrees on July 9, with a max dew point of 77
• Hopewell Twp.: reached 97 degrees on July 8, with a max dew point of 76
• Lyndhurst: reached 88 degrees on July 10, with a max dew point of 88
• Fortescue: reached 89 degrees on July 9, with a max dew point of 84