Winter Storm Watch, New Jersey
Severe8 to 14 inches of snow, with locally higher amounts possible. Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous.
Ended Friday, January 23, 2026.
Replaced by the Winter Storm Warning on Friday, January 23, 1:12 in the afternoon.
- Issued
- Expires
- Updated
Places in this watch
- Newark
- Jersey City
- Paterson
- Elizabeth
- Clifton
- Bayonne
- Passaic
- East Orange
- Union City
- Hoboken
- Plainfield
- West New York
- Hackensack
- Linden
- Kearny
- Fort Lee
- Fair Lawn
- Garfield
- Westfield
- Rahway
- Englewood
- Bergenfield
- Paramus
- Lodi
- Ridgewood
- Cliffside Park
- Summit
- Roselle
- Secaucus
- Elmwood Park
- Palisades Park
- Hawthorne
- Harrison
- Rutherford
- Preakness
- Dumont
- New Milford
- North Arlington
- Tenafly
- Fairview
- Ramsey
- Short Hills
- Edgewater
- Roselle Park
- New Providence
- Woodland Park
- Ridgefield Park
- Upper Montclair
- Oakland
- Glen Rock
- Hasbrouck Heights
- River Edge
- Guttenberg
- Wallington
- Ringwood
- Ridgefield
- Wanaque
- Westwood
- Pompton Lakes
- Franklin Lakes
- Totowa
- Little Ferry
- Hillsdale
- Wood-Ridge
- Maywood
- Waldwick
- East Rutherford
- Brookdale
- Leonia
- Cresskill
- Haledon
- Caldwell
- North Haledon
- Park Ridge
- Bogota
- Closter
- Montvale
- Kenilworth
- Upper Saddle River
- Oradell
- Watsessing
- Glen Ridge
- Bloomingdale
- Fanwood
- Emerson
- Mountainside
- Midland Park
- Allendale
- North Caldwell
- Carlstadt
- Prospect Park
- Roseland
- Packanack Lake
- Woodcliff Lake
- Old Tappan
- Norwood
- Englewood Cliffs
- Vauxhall
- Ampere North
- Demarest
- Northvale
- Harrington Park
- Silver Lake
- Garwood
- Ho-Ho-Kus
- Upper Greenwood Lake
- Singac
- Saddle River
- Haworth
- Great Notch
- Moonachie
- Pines Lake
- East Newark
- Pleasantdale
- Essex Fells
- Union
- Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Macopin
- Montclair State University
- Cranford
- Hewitt
- Alpine
- Kean University
- Springfield
- William Paterson University of New Jersey
- Newfoundland
- Llewellyn Park
- Connecticut Farms
- Rockleigh
- Teterboro
- South Orange
How much
- Snow across the area
- 8 to 14 inches
Map
- This watch
- Interstates
- US highways
Details from the National Weather Service
- What
- Heavy snow. Total snow accumulations between 8 and 14 inches, with locally higher amounts possible. The snow may mix with or change to sleet along the coast Sunday evening, limiting accumulations to the lower end of the range. Highest totals are expected across the interior.
- Where
- Portions of southern Connecticut, northeast New Jersey, and southeast New York.
- When
- From late Saturday night through Monday afternoon.
- Impacts
- Roads, and especially bridges and overpasses, will likely become slick and hazardous. Visibilities may drop below 1/4 mile due to falling and blowing snow.
- Additional details
- The heaviest snow is likely to occur Sunday morning into early Sunday evening.
Updates
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Snow totals raised from 6 to 12 inches to 8 to 14 inches. January 23, 2026
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Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 22, 2026
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Winter Storm Watch issued for Sunday overnight through Monday evening. January 22, 2026