New Jersey, 2025

Winter Weather in New Jersey, December 2, 2025

December 2, 2025 · NWS PHI · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

A wintry system brought widespread moderate rainfall to the region, and the first accumulating snowfall, sleet, and ice of the season to portions of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 5 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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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
5

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 wintry system brought widespread moderate rainfall to the region, and the first accumulating snowfall, sleet, and ice of the season to portions of northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.

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 Dec 2, 6:49 AM EST, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 6:49 AM EST, 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Dec 2, 7:13 AM EST, 17 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

5 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Warren

When
December 2, 7:30 AM EST to 3:00 PM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light snowfall, sleet, and a glaze of ice occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from around 0.5-2. The highest snowfall report was 2.2 from Blairstown Township. No ice measurement reports were received, but nearby reports indicate a few hundredths of accretion likely occurred.

Winter Weather, Hunterdon

When
December 2, 7:30 AM EST to 11:30 AM EST
Where
Hunterdon forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sleet and a light glaze of ice occurred. Sleet accumulation was minimal, but nearby reports suggest as much as 0.5 of sleet may have occurred in the far northern portions of the county. Trace amounts were reported in Holland Township and Flemington. No ice measurement reports were received, but nearby reports and analysis indicate at least a trace occurred.

Winter Weather, Somerset

When
December 2, 7:30 AM EST to 10:00 AM EST
Where
Somerset forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Sleet and a light glaze of ice occurred. Trace amounts of sleet were reported in Bridgewater Township. 0.06 of ice was reported at the Somerville Airport.

Winter Weather, Sussex

When
December 2, 8:00 AM EST to 3:30 PM EST
Where
Sussex forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light snowfall, sleet, and a glaze of ice occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from 1-3. The highest snowfall report was 3.6 from Kittatinny Lake. 0.03 of ice was reported at the Sussex Airport.

Winter Weather, Morris

When
December 2, 8:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST
Where
Morris forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light snowfall, sleet, and a glaze of ice occurred. Snowfall totals ranged from around 0.5-1, mainly along and north of NJ Route 10. The highest snowfall report was 1.6 from Netcong. No ice measurement reports were received, but nearby reports indicate a few hundredths of accretion likely occurred.

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

More

Every storm in New Jersey in 2025Every state in 2025This day in weather historyWarnings in New Jersey, December 2025

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: 1305268, 1305270, 1305271, 1305267, 1305269.