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 December 14, 1995

STORM DESCRIPTION A low pressure moving through the Great Lakes and its associated warm front brought a wintry mix of snow, sleet, and freezing rain to most of New Jersey. Synoptic Discussion Low pressure crossed the northern Great Plains on the 13th, reaching the Great Lakes in the evening.  By the evening of the 14th, the low had moved into southeastern Canada. Local Discussion Precipitation started as snow across the area a little after midnight on the 14th.  As warmer air moved in aloft, the snow changed to sleet and freezing rain between 4 and 7 AM EST across the southern half of the state and during the morning hours in the northern half of the state.  Precipitation changed to rain along the coast and ended before noon in southern New Jersey and by sunset in northern New Jersey.  Snowfall amounts averaged 1 to 3 inches across the southern half of the state and around 3 inches in the northern half of the state.

New Jersey Snowfall Totals

Individual Snowfall Totals from December 14, 1995

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