New Jersey, 2010

Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 25 to 26, 2010

February 25 to 26, 2010 · NWS OKX · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Low pressure rapidly deepened as it tracked north from the North Carolina coast Thursday morning the 25th of February to over the Tri-State area by Thursday evening. S coast.

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

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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 OKX wrote it up.

Low pressure rapidly deepened as it tracked north from the North Carolina coast Thursday morning the 25th of February to over the Tri-State area by Thursday evening. This was in response to a powerful upper level disturbance approaching the Eastern U.S coast. The low presure area then rotated over the region through Friday afternoon before finally lifting out on Saturday. This low brought a combination of heavy snow, heavy rain, coastal flooding and strong winds to the region Wednesday Night through Friday. One to two feet of snow were common across the region.

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 New York, NY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 25, 5:41 AM EST, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 25, 5:41 AM EST, 19 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Western Passaic

When
February 25, 6:00 AM EST to February 26, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Western Passaic forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Essex

When
February 25, 6:00 AM EST to February 26, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Essex forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Heavy Snow, Union

When
February 25, 6:00 AM EST to February 26, 1:00 PM EST
Where
Union forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Heavy Snow, Bergen

When
February 25, 7:00 AM EST to February 26, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Bergen forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations

Heavy Snow, Eastern Passaic

When
February 25, 7:00 AM EST to February 26, 6:00 PM EST
Where
Eastern Passaic forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hudson

When
February 25, 7:00 AM EST to February 26, 5:00 PM EST
Where
Hudson forecast zone
Reported by
Official NWS Observations
Coordinates
40.731, -74.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

More

Every storm in New Jersey in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, February 2010

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 217969, 217970, 217971, 217950, 217951, 217972.