Winter Weather, Sussex
- When
- February 29, 8:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 29, 2008
A clipper type low pressure system brought snow to Sussex County and snow and then rain across the Passaic and Raritan River Basins in northern New Jersey on February 29th into March 1st. Accumulations averaged around three inches across the higher terrain and around one inch elsewhere.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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 clipper type low pressure system brought snow to Sussex County and snow and then rain across the Passaic and Raritan River Basins in northern New Jersey on February 29th into March 1st. Accumulations averaged around three inches across the higher terrain and around one inch elsewhere. Snow began during the evening on February 29th. The snow changed to rain after Midnight EST on March 1st, except for Sussex County and some other higher terrain locations where it remained all snow. Precipitation ended before sunrise on March 1st. The change to rain, lighter overall precipitation amounts and marginal (around freezing) temperatures limited accumulations in lower terrain locations.
Actual accumulations included 3.8 inches in High Point (Sussex County), 3.3 inches in Marcella (Morris County), 3.0 inches in Butler (Morris County), 2.6 inches in Wantage (Sussex County), 1.6 inches in Hackettstown (Warren County), 1.5 inches in Flemington (Hunterdon County), 1.3 inches in Chatham (Morris County) and 1.0 inch in South Plainfield (Middlesex County).
The clipper low pressure system moved from North Dakota on the morning of February 28th east into southern Wisconsin on the morning of February 29th and through the Saint Lawrence River Valley on March 1st.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 29, 4:47 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 29, 4:47 PM EST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 29, 4:03 PM EST, 3 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 403 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 NJZ001-007-008-PAZ054-055-062-012115- SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-CARBON-MONROE-NORTHAMPTON- 403 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SEE PRODUCT PHLWSWPHI. SNOW ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SNOW ADVISORY. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT PHLWSWPHI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. NJZ009-010-PAZ060-061-068-069-012115- HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-BERKS-LEHIGH-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS- 403 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 ...SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 7 AM EST SATURDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...EAST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT PHLWSWPHI. SNOW ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SNOW ADVISORY. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT PHLWSWPHI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012-013-015>020-027-PAZ067-070-071-012115- NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM-GLOUCESTER- CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN-SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER- DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- 403 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHERN DELAWARE...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY...NORTHERN NEW JERSEY...SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATION SHOULD RANGE FROM A COASTING TO AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO ALL RAIN. PLEASE SEE PRODUCT PHLSPSPHI. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. ACCUMULATION SHOULD RANGE FROM A COASTING TO AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO ALL RAIN.| PLEASE SEE PRODUCT PHLSPSPHI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. DEZ002>004-MDZ012-015-019-020-NJZ014-021>026-012115- KENT DE-INLAND SUSSEX-DELAWARE BEACHES-KENT MD-QUEEN ANNES-TALBOT- CAROLINE-EASTERN MONMOUTH-CUMBERLAND-ATLANTIC-CAPE MAY- ATLANTIC COASTAL CAPE MAY-COASTAL ATLANTIC-COASTAL OCEAN- 403 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL DELAWARE...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...EASTERN MARYLAND...NORTHEAST MARYLAND...CENTRAL NEW JERSEY AND SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. ANZ430-431-450>455-012115- DELAWARE BAY WATERS NORTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- DELAWARE BAY WATERS SOUTH OF EAST POINT NJ TO SLAUGHTER BEACH DE- COASTAL WATERS FROM SANDY HOOK TO MANASQUAN INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM MANASQUAN INLET TO LITTLE EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM LITTLE EGG INLET TO GREAT EGG INLET NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM GREAT EGG INLET TO CAPE MAY NJ OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE MAY NJ TO CAPE HENLOPEN DE OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM CAPE HENLOPEN TO FENWICK ISLAND DE OUT 20 NM- 403 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 ...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM EST SATURDAY... ...GALE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM SATURDAY TO 6 AM EST SUNDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ATLANTIC COASTAL WATERS AND DELAWARE BAY WATERS. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS. SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY. GALE WARNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Feb 29, 3:45 PM EST, 4 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 345 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 DEZ001-MDZ008-NJZ012-013-015>020-027-PAZ067-070-071-010400- NEW CASTLE-CECIL-MIDDLESEX-WESTERN MONMOUTH-MERCER-SALEM- GLOUCESTER-CAMDEN-NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-OCEAN- SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON-CHESTER-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WILMINGTON...ELKTON...NEW BRUNSWICK... FREEHOLD...TRENTON...PENNSVILLE...GLASSBORO...CAMDEN... CHERRY HILL...MOORESTOWN...MOUNT HOLLY...JACKSON... WHARTON STATE FOREST...WEST CHESTER...MEDIA 345 PM EST FRI FEB 29 2008 ...SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED TONIGHT... A FAST MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK TO OUR NORTH LATE TONIGHT. A PERIOD OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD OUR AREA FROM WEST TO EAST THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM A COATING TO AN INCH OR TWO BEFORE MIXING WITH AND CHANGING TO PLAIN RAIN, WITH THE GREATER ACCUMULATIONS OCCURRING FOR AREAS FARTHER INLAND FROM THE COAST. THE ARRIVAL TIME OF THE SNOW THIS EVENING SHOULD BE BETWEEN 6 PM AND 8 PM. A RELATIVELY QUICK BURST OF SNOW DURING THE FIRST HALF OF TONIGHT, ALONG WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW FREEZING, CAN CAUSE AREAS OF SLIPPERY TRAVEL TONIGHT AND WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE VISIBILITY AT TIMES. HOWEVER, THE TEMPERATURES SHOULD GRADUALLY RISE LATER TONIGHT. WHEN THE SNOW MIXES WITH AND CHANGES TO RAIN, SLUSHY CONDITIONS WILL BE ENHANCED ON ROADWAYS THAT HAD AN ACCUMULATION OF SNOW. AS A RESULT, USE EXTRA CAUTION IF TRAVELING AS UNTREATED ROADS CAN BECOME SLIPPERY FOR A TIME. WATCH ESPECIALLY THE BRIDGES, OVERPASSES AND OTHER ELEVATED STRUCTURES AS THEY TEND TO BECOME SLIPPERY FIRST. A COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGION EARLY SATURDAY MORNING, ENDING ANY LINGERING PRECIPITATION. GORSE/AMC
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Weather, Warren
- When
- February 29, 8:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Morris
- When
- February 29, 8:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Hunterdon
- When
- February 29, 8:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Hunterdon forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Somerset
- When
- February 29, 8:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Weather, Middlesex
- When
- February 29, 8:00 PM EST to 11:59 PM EST
- Where
- Middlesex forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.440, -74.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Winter Weather
- Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Weather in Indiana, February 29, 2008
- Winter Weather in New York, February 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 29, 2008
- Winter Weather in Pennsylvania, February 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Pennsylvania, February 29, 2008
- Lake-Effect Snow and Winter Weather in Michigan, February 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 29, 2008
- Heat in California, February 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow in Maryland, February 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow in West Virginia, February 29, 2008
- High Wind in Montana, February 29, 2008
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 29, 2008
More
Every storm in New Jersey in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, February 2008
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 79459, 79460, 79461, 79462, 79463, 79464.