New Jersey, 2019Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, December 1 to 3, 2019
December 1 to 3, 2019 · NWS OKX · 9 events in 9 counties and zones
A large area of low pressure across the Middle Atlantic on Sunday December 1, 2019 slowly moved towards the northeast. The low redeveloped just south of Long Island on Monday December 2, 2019 and slowly moved offshore through the morning of Tuesday December 3, 2019.
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.
- 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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- 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.
A large area of low pressure across the Middle Atlantic on Sunday December 1, 2019 slowly moved towards the northeast. The low redeveloped just south of Long Island on Monday December 2, 2019 and slowly moved offshore through the morning of Tuesday December 3, 2019.
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 Dec 1, 11:16 AM EST, 44 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 1, 11:16 AM EST, 44 minutes before
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Local storm report, Dec 1, 11:41 AM EST, 19 minutes before
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- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Passaic forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trained spotters, CoCoRaHS observers, and the public reported 7 to 9 inches of snow.
Heavy Snow, Western Bergen
- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Bergen forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 40.960, -74.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
CoCoRaHS observers reported 8 inches of snow 1 SSE of Oakland. Social Media reported 8 inches of snow in Franklin Lakes.
Heavy Snow, Western Essex
- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Essex forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 40.787, -74.247 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
The public reported 7 to 9 inches of snow.
Winter Weather, Hudson
- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hudson forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.731, -74.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A trained spotter in Harrison reported 2.5 inches of snow.
Winter Weather, Eastern Passaic
- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Passaic forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 41.034, -74.300 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
CoCoRaHS observers reported 4 to 6 inches of snow.
Winter Weather, Eastern Bergen
- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Bergen forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.960, -74.074 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trained spotters reported 2 to 5 inches of snow.
Winter Weather, Eastern Essex
- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Eastern Essex forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 40.787, -74.247 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
CoCoRaHS observes reported 3 to 7 inches of snow.
Winter Weather, Western Union
- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 AM EST
- Where
- Western Union forecast zone
- Reported by
- CoCoRaHS
- Coordinates
- 40.660, -74.309 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
CoCoRaHS observers reported 2 to 6 inches of snow.
Winter Weather, Eastern Union
- When
- December 1, 12:00 PM EST to December 3, 5:00 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)
The FAA Contract Observer at Newark-Liberty Airport reported 2.4 inches of snow.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
- 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.
- Heavy Rain in California, December 1 to 2, 20191 death · $50,000 · 3 events
- Ice Storm in Maryland, December 1, 201910 injured · 1 event
- Winter Storm and Lakeshore Flood in Wisconsin, December 1, 2019$85,000 · 25 events
- Ice Storm in Michigan, December 1, 2019$110,000 · 3 events
- Debris Flows and Flooding in California, December 1 to 5, 201954 kt wind · 52 events
- Winter Storm in Michigan, December 1, 2019$100,000 · 2 events
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Nebraska, December 1, 2019$50,000 · 10 events
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New York, December 1 to 3, 201927 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Vermont, December 1 to 2, 2019$30,000 · 3 events
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, December 1, 201924 events
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, December 1, 201922 events
- Debris Flow and Heavy Snow in California, December 1 to 3, 201920 events
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: 869570, 869571, 869572, 869573, 869574, 869575, 869576, 869577, 869578.