Freezing Fog in New Jersey

21 freezing fog events since 2000

Every freezing fog event the National Weather Service has filed in New Jersey, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Fog that froze on contact with roads, vehicles or structures.

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The most significant freezing fog episodes in New Jersey.

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Fire, smoke and dust
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The record

Events: 21
Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Damage: None recorded

Every year

The most significant

Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.

Dense Fog and Freezing Fog in New Jersey, January 14 to 15, 201430 eventsA high pressure system over New Jersey combined with moist conditions at the surface from the rain earlier in the day on the 14th to produce widespread dense fog and even some black ice in New Jersey from the middle of the evening on the 14th through the middle of the morning on…
Freezing Fog in New Jersey, January 23 to 24, 20008 eventsA weak low pressure system moved off the Middle Atlantic Coast on the 23rd. Winds around this low remained from the north to northeast the night of the 23rd.
Winter Weather and Freezing Fog in New Jersey, January 31, 20022 eventsAfter four days of unseasonably warm weather, a cold front moved through Sussex County on the 30th. It brought much colder air into the region near the surface. Weak low pressure developed on the frontal boundary over the lower Ohio Valley late that day.
Freezing Fog in New Jersey, January 17 to 18, 20262 eventsA moist and stagnant air mass in the wake of a wet snowfall resulted in areas of dense freezing fog late on January 17th and early on January 18th. The fog dissipated before dawn as a cold front moved through.
Freezing Fog in New Jersey, February 1, 20021 eventAfter four days of unseasonably warm weather, a cold front moved through Sussex County on January 30th. It brought much colder air into the region near the surface.

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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.