Winter Weather — Eastern Cape May, New Jersey

2024-02-17 · Eastern Cape May, New Jersey

Event narrative

Snowfall totals ranged largely from around 1 to 2 across the zone. The highest snowfall report was from Ocean City with 1.6.

Wider weather episode

A winter storm brought widespread light snowfall accumulations across the region, with a narrow mesoscale band of heavy snowfall occurring near and just south of I-78. The heaviest snowfall occurred in a band only about 10 to 15 miles wide or less from Berks County, PA eastward toward Raritan Bay in New Jersey with totals near a foot. A coating of snow also occurred well north and south of the band with amounts around 2 to 4. While total snowfall amounts within the band were rather impressive, generally falling within about 3-4 hours, impacts were limited as roadway temperatures hovered near freezing and the snowfall occurred late on a Friday night and early Saturday morning.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1164737. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.