Winter Weather — Eastern Bergen, New Jersey

2025-02-08 to 2025-02-09 · Eastern Bergen, New Jersey

Event narrative

Accumulating snow occurred over a few hours during the mid to late evening before transitioning to light mixed precipitation with some light freezing rain and drizzle during a portion of the overnight. Trained spotters reported 3.1 inches in Wallington and 2.9 inches in East Rutherford. Cocorahs observers reported 3.0 inches at 1.8 ESE Montvale and 3.0 inches in North Arlington.

Wider weather episode

A progressive low pressure system emerged out of the Tennessee Valley and quickly moved across the region bringing an accumulating wet snowfall. Most places received an advisory level snowfall with mainly 3 to 4 inches of snow, with some locations getting slightly higher and lower amounts. This was a front end quick thump driven by warm advection snowfall which fell primarily during the evening hours of the 8th. The snow quickly tapered to some light freezing rain and drizzle in spots after the initial thump.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1228545. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.