New Jersey, 2025Winter Weather in New Jersey, December 23, 2025
December 23, 2025 · NWS PHI · 2 events in 2 counties and zones
A quick moving system brought light wintry precipitation to portions of the region, including a coating of snow and a little sleet to northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. A dusting to upwards of 3 of snow was reported in these areas.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 quick moving system brought light wintry precipitation to portions of the region, including a coating of snow and a little sleet to northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania. A dusting to upwards of 3 of snow was reported in these areas.
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 23, 3:09 AM EST, 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 23, 3:09 AM EST, 51 minutes before
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</html>Winter Weather, Sussex
- When
- December 23, 4:00 AM EST to 1:56 PM EST
- Where
- Sussex forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Totals ranged from around 2 to as much as 3-4 in the higher elevations of the county. The highest report was 4.0 from Highland Lakes and Vernon Township.
Winter Weather, Morris
- When
- December 23, 6:00 AM EST to 1:56 PM EST
- Where
- Morris forecast zone
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Totals ranged from around 2 to as much as 3 in the higher elevations of the county. The highest report was 3.5 from Mount Arlington.
- 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.
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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: 1305533, 1305534.