Winter Storm, Sussex
- When
- March 7, 7:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in New Jersey, March 7, 1996
A cold front moved through the area on the 6th. A very large arctic high pressure system centered over the high plains slowly oozed cold air into New Jersey.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS PHI wrote it up.
A cold front moved through the area on the 6th. A very large arctic high pressure system centered over the high plains slowly oozed cold air into New Jersey. At the same time a series of low pressure systems developed along the frontal boundary and were located over the Southern Appalachians the morning of the 7th and well east of the Middle Atlantic Coast on the 8th.The significant precipitation began during the morning of the 7th. It fell mainly as snow in Sussex County and as a mixture of freezing rain, sleet and then snow elsewhere in Northwest New Jersey. Storm total accumulations averaged 10 inches in Sussex County, 4 to 8 inches in Morris and Warren County and 4 to 7 inches in Hunterdon County. This included an additional inch or two of snow that fell as a parting shot from the secondary low pressure system during the morning of the 8th. Traveling became extremely hazardous as temperatures continued to fall during the day on the 7th. The 8 inches of snow that fell in Newton, brought the seasonal snowfall to a record breaking 91 inches. The previous record was 90 inches set in 1915-16. Other included 12 inches in Sussex, 11 inches in Wantage, 8 inches in Chatham and Jefferson, 7 inches in White House Station and 6 inches in Stewartsville.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Warren
- When
- March 7, 7:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm, Morris
- When
- March 7, 7:00 AM EST to 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Storm
- A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Alabama, March 7 to 10, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Cold in Louisiana, March 7 to 10, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Flash Flood in Georgia, March 7, 1996
- Winter Storm in Vermont, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Flood in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Winter Storm in New York, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, March 7, 1996
- Winter Weather in Tennessee, March 7 to 8, 1996
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 7 to 8, 1996
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, March 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5552526, 5552527, 5552528.