Heavy Snow, Western Passaic
- When
- January 6, 10:00 PM EST
- Where
- Western Passaic forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 6, 2002
A low pressure system developed off the North Carolina Coast during Sunday afternoon, January 6th. As it moved quickly northeast and intensified off the New Jersey Coast during the evening, it spread heavy wet snow across the region.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 OKX wrote it up.
A low pressure system developed off the North Carolina Coast during Sunday afternoon, January 6th. As it moved quickly northeast and intensified off the New Jersey Coast during the evening, it spread heavy wet snow across the region. Periods of heavy wet snow developed after 6 pm. By 10 pm, when it ended, up to 7 inches of snow fell across parts of western Passaic County. The highest snowfall rates ranged from 1 to 2 inches per hour. A NWS Cooperative Observer from Charlotteburg measured 7 inches of snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Kentucky, January 6, 2002
- Winter Weather in Vermont, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Winter Storm in New York, January 6 to 7, 2002
- High Wind in Virginia, January 6, 2002
- Tornado in Maryland, January 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in Tennessee, January 6, 2002
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Virginia, January 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in North Carolina, January 6, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New York, January 6 to 7, 2002
- Heavy Snow in New Hampshire, January 6 to 7, 2002
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, January 2002
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: 5277212.