Winter Storm in Eastern Essex, New Jersey

Winter Storm January 25, 2026 – January 26, 2026 · Eastern Essex, New Jersey

What the National Weather Service wrote

A cocorahs observer reported 10.5 inches at 1 WNW Irvington. The public reported 12.1 inches at 1 NW Newark, and 9.0 inches before mainly additional sleet accumulation at 1 SSE Nutley. Average snowfall totals were estimated to be just under 12 inches.

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 1303431. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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