New Jersey, 2025

Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 15 to 16, 2025

February 15 to 16, 2025 · NWS PHI · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

A storm system brought widespread wintry mixed precipitation to portions of the region, including light snow and sleet accumulations and light to moderate icing to northern New Jersey.

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 storm system brought widespread wintry mixed precipitation to portions of the region, including light snow and sleet accumulations and light to moderate icing to northern New Jersey.

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 15, 9:48 AM EST, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 15, 9:48 AM EST, 3 hours 12 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
February 15, 1:00 PM EST to February 16, 5:00 AM EST
Where
Warren forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
40.857, -74.997 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wintry mix of freezing rain, snow, and sleet occurred. A light glaze of ice was reported. Snow and sleet amounts up to 1 were reported. The greatest freezing rain measurement received was 0.05 in Frelinghuysen Twp. The greatest snow and sleet total was 1.2 in Stewartsville and Greenwich Twp.

Winter Weather, Hunterdon

When
February 15, 1:00 PM EST to February 16, 5:00 AM EST
Where
Hunterdon forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
40.567, -74.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wintry mix of freezing rain, snow, and sleet occurred. A light glaze of ice was reported by CoCoRaHS observers. Snow and sleet amounts around 1-2 were reported. No freezing rain measurements were received. The greatest snow and sleet total was 1.8 in Holland Twp.

Winter Weather, Morris

When
February 15, 1:30 PM EST to February 16, 5:00 AM EST
Where
Morris forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
40.862, -74.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wintry mix of freezing rain, snow, and sleet occurred. A light glaze of ice was reported. Snow and sleet amounts up to 1 were reported. The greatest freezing rain measurement received was 0.25 in Randolph. The greatest snow and sleet total was 1.1 in Randolph Twp.

Winter Weather, Somerset

When
February 15, 1:30 PM EST to February 16, 12:00 AM EST
Where
Somerset forecast zone
Reported by
ASOS
Coordinates
40.564, -74.616 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wintry mix of freezing rain, snow, and sleet occurred. A light glaze of ice was reported. Snow and sleet amounts around 1 were reported. The greatest freezing rain measurement was 0.05 at the Somerville Airport. The greatest snow and sleet total was 1.3 in Bridgewater.

Winter Weather, Sussex

When
February 15, 2:00 PM EST to February 16, 12:00 PM EST
Where
Sussex forecast zone
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
41.140, -74.690 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A wintry mix of freezing rain, snow, and sleet occurred. A light to moderate glaze of ice was reported. Snow and sleet amounts up to 1 were reported. The greatest freezing rain measurement received was 0.70 in Wantage Twp. The greatest snow and sleet total was 0.9 in Sparta Twp.

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, February 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: 1236810, 1236813, 1236812, 1236814, 1236809.