New Jersey, 2025

Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 12 to 13, 2025

February 12 to 13, 2025 · NWS PHI · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

A quick moving wintry system brought a light glaze of ice to the higher elevations of northern New Jersey. The precipitation began as a mix of slight snow and sleet in some areas in the evening of the 12th before changing to freezing rain or rain and ending by the morning of the 13th.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 quick moving wintry system brought a light glaze of ice to the higher elevations of northern New Jersey. The precipitation began as a mix of slight snow and sleet in some areas in the evening of the 12th before changing to freezing rain or rain and ending by the morning of the 13th.

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 Feb 12, 9:28 PM EST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 9:28 PM EST, 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

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The radar

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Event by event

3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Sussex

When
February 12, 9:30 PM EST to February 13, 10:00 AM EST
Where
Sussex forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A light glaze of ice was reported, as well as a dusting of sleet and snow. The greatest freezing rain measurement received was 0.08 in Wantage Twp.

Winter Weather, Warren

When
February 12, 9:30 PM EST to February 13, 3:00 AM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Surrounding reports and temperatures indicate a light glaze of ice occurred, as well as a dusting of sleet and snow. No freezing rain measurements were received, however surrounding reports suggest ice amounts were less than 0.1. CoCoRaHS reports mention freezing rain.

Winter Weather, Morris

When
February 12, 9:30 PM EST to February 13, 6:30 AM EST
Where
Morris forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Surrounding reports and temperatures indicate a light glaze of ice occurred, as well as a dusting of sleet and snow. No freezing rain measurements were received, however surrounding reports suggest ice amounts were less than 0.1. CoCoRaHS reports mention freezing rain less than 0.1.

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

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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1236772, 1236775, 1236777.