Blizzard in New Jersey
Every blizzard event the National Weather Service has filed in New Jersey, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
The most significant on the map
The most significant blizzard episodes in New Jersey.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 96
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $119 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Jersey, January 22 to 23, 2016Low pressure moving across the deep South on Thursday January 21st and Friday January 22nd intensifed and moved off the Mid Atlantic coast on Saturday January 23rd, bringing heavy snow and strong winds to northeast New Jersey, and blizzard conditions to the urban corridor and…
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Jersey, February 9 to 11, 2010For the second time within a week a major winter storm affected New Jersey. Blizzard conditions occurred at times across the extreme southern part of the state during the afternoon and early evening of the 10th.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Jersey, February 5 to 6, 2010A major winter storm dropped 20 to 30 inches of snow across the southern third of New Jersey, 10 to 20 inches across the central third of New Jersey and less than 10 inches of snow north of Interstate 78 in the northern third of New Jersey from the afternoon of the 5th into the…
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Jersey, January 4, 2018An area of low pressure tracked up the east coast interacting with a cold front which lead to rapid development of a winter storm across the state. This storm quickly moved out by the 5th. However, snowfall accumulations and gusty winds occurred with the storm.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 26 to 27, 2010A major and for parts of eastern New Jersey record breaking winter storm and blizzard affected the state on Sunday the 26th and Monday the 27th.
- Blizzard and Ice Storm in New Jersey, March 14, 2017Low pressure systems across the Ohio Valley and Carolinas phased. This led to a rapidly developing storm which tracked just offshore. Wind, coastal flooding, heavy rain and snow all occurred. Heavy rainfall in Southeast New Jersey ranged from 1-3 inches.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Jersey, January 28 to 29, 2022A strong coastal storm affected the eastern mid-Atlantic and Northeast US on January 28-29, 2022. As a deep trough moved into the Southeast US, low pressure began to develop off the coast of the Carolinas during the afternoon of January 28.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Jersey, February 22 to 23, 2026A strong coastal storm developed offshore of the Mid-Atlantic during the daytime hours on February 22nd, bringing high winds and heavy snow to portions of the Mid-Atlantic by that evening and through the morning hours of February 23rd.
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in New Jersey, March 14, 2017Rapidly deepening low pressure tracked up the eastern seaboard on Tuesday March, 14 bringing blizzard conditions to Western Passaic county. Heavy snow and sleet along with strong winds occurred across the rest of Northeast New Jersey.
- Blizzard in New Jersey, December 26 to 27, 2010A rapidly intensifying low pressure system tracked from off the Southeast US coast on Christmas Day and then past the Mid Atlantic Coast on Sunday December 26th to just east of Long Island by early Monday morning December 27th.
- Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 22 to 23, 2026Low pressure in the gulf states moved northeast and intensified along and off the Mid Atlantic coast with the consolidated of mid level energy resulting in a major Nor'easter which brought blizzard and near blizzard conditions to Northeastern New Jersey.
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 22 to 24, 2016An impulse from the west coast traversed the midsection of the country, then developed into a low pressure system as it tracked across the Gulf states before intensifying along the Carolina coast into a major nor'easter, producing record snowfall in parts of New Jersey on…
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996A storm of historic proportion moved northeast across the region. Extremely heavy snow accompanied this storm. Snowfall totals ranged from 20 to 30 inches. For some areas, this was a record snowfall.
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
- Blizzard in New Jersey, January 7 to 8, 1996
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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 2026-09-24.