Winter Weather — Eastern Passaic, New Jersey

2025-01-19 to 2025-01-20 · Eastern Passaic, New Jersey

Event narrative

Cocorahs observers reported 5.6 inches in Little Falls, 4.8 inches in Wayne, 4.2 inches in Hawthorne. The public reported 5.0 inches in Totowa and 4.8 inches in Passaic. Snow amounts on average reached advisory level criteria.

Wider weather episode

A cold front pushed through, with a secondary cold frontal boundary lingering back to the west. Low pressure formed along the boundary and began to strengthen as it pulled away quickly to the east and northeast. The accumulating snow was generated mainly from frontogenetical forcing which occurred to the north and west of the developing surface low. Winter Storm criteria was just missed across Western Passaic, with the remainder of Northeast New Jersey achieving advisory criteria, or falling just short of advisory criteria.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1224972. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.