Heavy Snow in New Jersey

Events

920

Deaths

3

Injuries

21

Damage

$19 million

• Storm Surge and Winter Storm in New Jersey, February 16 to 17, 20031 death · 10 injured · $25 million · 39 eventsThe most powerful storm to affect New Jersey since the Blizzard of 1996 struck during the President's Day Weekend. One person in Middlesex County was directly killed after a canopy full of snow collapsed on him.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, March 20, 20152 deaths · 2 injured · 18 eventsA winter storm on the first day of astronomical spring dropped snow across most of New Jersey on the 20th. Before precipitation ended, it transitioned to rain in the southern half of New Jersey.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, March 5, 20151 death · 2 injured · 21 eventsWaves of low pressure that formed along a sinking cold front brought New Jersey heavy snow and the southern half of the state its heaviest snow of the season. Snowfall averaged 4 to 9 inches with the highest amounts in central New Jersey. Less snow fell in Sussex County.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 11 to 12, 20111 death · 1 injured · 21 eventsHeavy snow fell across most of New Jersey from the early evening of the 11th through the early morning on the 12th.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 22 to 23, 2005$27 million · 20 eventsA very potent Alberta low pressure system dropped heavy snow across northern and southwestern New Jersey and a wintry mix across southeastern New Jersey. Only Cape May County and coastal Atlantic County were spared heavy accumulations.
• Blizzard and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 26 to 27, 20103 injured · $100,000 · 29 eventsA 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.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 19 to 20, 20092 injured · $150,000 · 21 eventsA major winter storm dropped heavy snow across all of New Jersey except for Sussex County. The heaviest snow fell along and east of the Interstate 95 corridor.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 26 to 27, 20112 injured · $100,000 · 21 eventsA protracted winter storm with a one-two punch affected nearly all of New Jersey from the early morning of the 26th into the early morning of the 27th.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Jersey, April 9, 20004 injured · 56 kt wind · 38 eventsA strong cold front moved through New Jersey during the early evening on the 8th. A strong secondary low formed on the frontal boundary overnight and by 8 a.m. EDT on the 9th was located near Worcester, Massachusetts.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 3 to 4, 20094 injured · 21 eventsThe combination of a low pressure system that moved off the Eastern Seaboard and an upper air disturbance that moved across from the Great Lakes, produced snow across New Jersey from the night of the 2nd into the night of the 3rd.
• Winter Storm and Coastal Flood in New Jersey, January 2 to 3, 20141 injured · $10,000 · 34 eventsA winter storm dropped 5 to 9 inches of snow across most of New Jersey, except around 10 inches in northern Ocean County and in Monmouth County. This caused hazardous traveling conditions for the evening commute on the 2nd and the morning commute on the 3rd.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Jersey, April 1, 199762 kt wind · 34 eventsA late season snowstorm dropped some of the heaviest snow of all winter across New Jersey from the morning of March 31st into the morning of April 1st.
• Heavy Snow and High Wind in New Jersey, March 31, 199762 kt wind · 34 eventsA late season snowstorm dropped some of the heaviest snow of all winter across New Jersey from the morning of March 31st into the morning of April 1st.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, October 28, 20083 injured · 7 eventsAn intense and rapidly developing low pressure system helped produce heavy snow over the higher terrain of northwest New Jersey on the 28th.
• Winter Storm and Flooding in New Jersey, January 25 to 26, 200050 kt wind · 30 eventsThe most intense winter storm since the Blizzard of 1996 buried New Jersey on the 25th with 6 to 15 inches of snow, sleet and freezing rain, wind gusts as strong as 60 mph along the shore, moderate coastal flooding and drifts as high as four feet.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 5, 200221 eventsThe first winter storm of the season dropped four to ten inches of snow across most of New Jersey with slightly lower amounts across the immediate Cape May County coast. In many places in the southern half of the state, this was more snow than fell all of last winter.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 6 to 7, 200321 eventsA winter storm that lasted about eighteen hours dropped about 5 to 8 inches of snow across most of New Jersey. Slightly lesser amounts fell across coastal Cape May County where precipitation mixed with sleet and some rain.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, February 24 to 25, 200521 eventsHeavy snow fell across most of New Jersey on the 24th into the 25th. The snow spread from south to north and began during the morning in the southern half of New Jersey and during the afternoon in the northern half of New Jersey.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 21 to 22, 201421 eventsA winter storm dropped heavy snow across New Jersey and in particular along the Interstate 95 corridor northeast through Monmouth County from the morning of the 21st into the early morning on the 22nd.
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 26 to 27, 201521 eventsA complex winter storm that buried Long Island and southern New England under heavy snow and blizzard conditions spared most of New Jersey.
• Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 20 to 21, 200020 eventsA pair of low pressure systems, one that moved from the Northern Plains into western Pennsylvania before dissipating and a second one that developed near Wilmington, North Carolina the morning of the 20th produced a steady, heavy snow across the southeast part of New Jersey.
• Heavy Snow in New Jersey, February 22 to 23, 200120 eventsA fast moving low pressure system brought heavy snow to New Jersey on the 22nd. It was the heaviest snowstorm of the season for the southeast part of the state. Accumulations averaged between 4 and 8 inches with much uniformity throughout the state.
• Heavy Snow in New Jersey, December 30, 200019 eventsThe first widespread major snowstorm of the season blanketed New Jersey, especially the northern half, with heavy snow. In the northern half of the state, it was the heaviest snow since the Blizzard of 1996. The snow began between 3 and 5 a.m.
• Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in New Jersey, January 19 to 20, 200219 eventsA weak low pressure system that moved through the Gulf Coast States and exited quickly off the North Carolina coast had sufficient moisture and came close enough to the state to give the northern half of the state snow and the southern half of the state a wintry mix of snow,…
• Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in New Jersey, January 8, 201119 eventsA low pressure system that moved off the Virginia coast helped spread heavy snow across southeast New Jersey and lighter snow across the rest of New Jersey on the 8th.

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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 2026-09-24.