January 2026 OBS and Discussion

[IrishRob17]

30 minutes ago, snywx said:

U were 14f colder! 
 

6 for a low here 

Perfect conditions for it. You'll see in the NW thread I post a screenshot that includes Legoland, 7 miles away as the crow flies, almost 19 degree difference. I thought I might have beat KMGJ for once but they got to -9 in between hours. When I was at -8 KMGJ was around 0. Cool stuff, only 2 miles away.  

[Freezing Drizzle]

www.njweather.org/maps/mapviewer?mapname=temperature

Impressive low temperatures as of 7:15 am in the area around Sussex County. That -37 F in Hackettstown must be an error.

[jm1220]

Got down to 11 here. Fri night I think has a chance to get down to 0 (not in the city). 

[EastonSN+]

Lake Erie is about 95% ice covered.

[bluewave]

Very nice snow extent comeback for North America.

https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/smcd/emb/snow/HTML/snow_extent_monitor.html

 

 

 

[EastonSN+]

The RNA would be helpful here j would think. Don mentioned that as we go through February and RNA is actually beneficial.

[bluewave]

Interesting stat from Brian B.

 

 

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Newark Int Airport reported Heavy Snow and a temperature of 11F. This is the lowest temperature on record for them (1930-present) where they reported Heavy Snow. Previous record was 12F in 1932 and again in 2014.

 

12:23 PM · Jan 25, 2026

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[SnoSki14]

20 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

The RNA would be helpful here j would think. Don mentioned that as we go through February and RNA is actually beneficial.

I think 1st half is cold/dry though def not snow free but second half gets a lot more active with that blocking pattern + RNA

[snywx]

56 minutes ago, IrishRob17 said:

Perfect conditions for it. You'll see in the NW thread I post a screenshot that includes Legoland, 7 miles away as the crow flies, almost 19 degree difference. I thought I might have beat KMGJ for once but they got to -9 in between hours. When I was at -8 KMGJ was around 0. Cool stuff, only 2 miles away.  

I encountered ice fog last night driving through Florida/warwick area. Current temp at the time was 9. It came out of no where & couldn’t see more than 2 feet in front of me. Impressive 

[Rjay]

6 hours ago, TriPol said:

Stick a fork in it? 

Nope

[Picard]

Low of 2 in Sparta.
Lots of variability in the lows.  
Walpack bottomed out at -17!  They might do better than that in the next couple of nights.

[bluewave]

Great video of the ice flows in the Hudson River.

 

 

[donsutherland1]

49 minutes ago, EastonSN+ said:

The RNA would be helpful here j would think. Don mentioned that as we go through February and RNA is actually beneficial.

Yes, during the second half of February, PNA- is better for significant or major snowfalls due to the shortening of wave lengths. 

[EastonSN+]

5 minutes ago, donsutherland1 said:

Yes, during the second half of February, PNA- is better for significant or major snowfalls due to the shortening of wave lengths. 

Thanks Don! With the apparent blocking and the +PNA duration this may line up perfectly.

[MANDA]

1 hour ago, Picard said:

Low of 2 in Sparta.
Lots of variability in the lows.  
Walpack bottomed out at -17!  They might do better than that in the next couple of nights.

Low of 4 here.  I was going to post about the -17 in Walpack and I agree they could sink lower than that before the worst of the cold peaks.