Storm description, surface observations, snowfall totals, and images courtesy of the National Climatic Data Center, the National Centers of Environmental Prediction, the Climate Prediction Center, the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center, the Mount Holly National Weather Service Office, the Upton National Weather Service Office, Rutgers University, Plymouth State University, the University of Illinois, the American Meteorological Society, Weather Graphics Technologies, AccuWeather, and the Weather Channel.

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Contoured Snowfall Totals from February 26, 1995

STORM DESCRIPTION A light burst of snow blanketed central New Jersey. Synoptic Discussion A cold front moved southwards through New Jersey on the morning of the 26th.  A band of light snow developed over Ohio and western Pennsylvania and spread east southeastwards across central and southern New Jersey. Local Discusion The snow began across central sections of the state around dawn on the 26th, and temperatures fell from around the freezing mark to the middle 20's during the precipitation.  Snow ended early in the afternoon hours.  Accumulations were around 1 inch in Mercer County and an inch or less elsewhere.

New Jersey Snowfall Totals

Individual Snowfall Totals from February 26, 1995

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