Heavy Snow, Eastern Essex
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM EST to January 12, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Essex forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 40.787, -74.247 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 11 to 12, 2011
Northeast New Jersey received a heavy snowfall on the 11th and 12th of January from surface low pressure tracking up the Atlantic seaboard and then rapidly intensifying as it tracked just southeast of Long Island in response to an intense upper level disturbance. Light snow overspread the region Tuesday evening ahead of low pressure and then became heavier Tuesday night as low pressure rapidly…
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- 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
- 9
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.
Northeast New Jersey received a heavy snowfall on the 11th and 12th of January from surface low pressure tracking up the Atlantic seaboard and then rapidly intensifying as it tracked just southeast of Long Island in response to an intense upper level disturbance.
Light snow overspread the region Tuesday evening ahead of low pressure and then became heavier Tuesday night as low pressure rapidly intensified. As the upper level disturbance worked over the region late Tuesday night a semi-stationary north to south band of very heavy snow developed just east of the Hudson River into Northeast New Jersey, pivoting northeast Wednesday morning through early Wednesday afternoon. This band was responsible for snowfall rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour and the final heavy snow totals of 8 to 16 inches across the region.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Western Essex
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM EST to January 12, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 40.787, -74.247 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Union
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM EST to January 12, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 40.660, -74.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Hudson
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM EST to January 12, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hudson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 40.731, -74.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Union
- When
- January 11, 8:00 PM EST to January 12, 6:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 40.660, -74.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Bergen
- When
- January 11, 9:00 PM EST to January 12, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Bergen forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 40.960, -74.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Western Bergen
- When
- January 11, 9:00 PM EST to January 12, 7:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Bergen forecast zone
- Reported by
- Official NWS Observations
- Coordinates
- 40.960, -74.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Eastern Passaic
- When
- January 11, 9:00 PM EST to January 12, 7:00 AM 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, Western Passaic
- When
- January 11, 9:00 PM EST to January 12, 6:00 AM 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)
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
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 11 to 12, 2011
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 11, 2011
- Cold in New Mexico, January 11, 2011
- Winter Storm in Ohio, January 11 to 12, 2011
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Massachusetts, January 11 to 13, 2011
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Alaska, January 11 to 17, 2011
- Winter Storm in Pennsylvania, January 11 to 12, 2011
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Delaware, January 11 to 12, 2011
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 11 to 12, 2011
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Ohio, January 11 to 12, 2011
- Winter Weather in Indiana, January 11 to 12, 2011
- Winter Weather in Illinois, January 11, 2011
More
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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: 279956, 279957, 279960, 279961, 279962, 279954, 279955, 279958, 279959.