Winter Storm in Western Passaic, New Jersey

Winter Storm January 25, 2026 – January 26, 2026 · Western Passaic, New Jersey

What the National Weather Service wrote

A trained spotter reported 14.0 inches at 2 S Pompton Lakes. The public reported 16.0 inches at 2 WSW Ringwood, 15.0 inches in West Milford, and 13.0 inches at 1 SSW Wanaque. The average snowfall across the zone was estimated to be just over a foot.

The wider storm

A low pressure system emerged out of the Southern Plains and Texas and rode northeast through the Tennessee Valley and the Appalachians, before emerging just off the New Jersey coast. This produced a heavy snowfall across all of Northeastern New Jersey, with sleet, some of it heavy across a large portion of the region.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1303410. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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