Sure, a Saturday morning right after a foot of fluffy snow is the best thing ever. But that same amount of snow on Tuesday in New Jersey can make a commute last forever. Imagine it’s the dead of winter and the time of year when the ground is frozen, the air is bone-chilling, and there are piles of dirty, nasty, ice-encrusted snow all over the place.
This is about the time of year when you’re just about ready for spring — especially in Newton, the snowiest place in New Jersey.
So, put on your parkas, snow boots, and gloves, and let’s go outside to see which New Jersey cities get dumped on the most every year. After analyzing all the cities in New Jersey with Saturday Night Science, we came up with this list as the 10 snowiest cities in Garden State.
38.8 inches of snow per year
Located in
Sussex County, New Jersey
Newton, officially the Town of Newton, is an incorporated municipality located in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. It is situated approximately 60 miles by road northwest of New York City. It is one of fifteen municipalities in the state organized as a town, and the municipal government operates under a council-manager structure provided by the Faulkner Act, or Optional Municipal Charter Law. As the location of the county’s administrative offices and court system, Newton is the county seat of Sussex County.
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37.6 inches of snow per year
Located in
Sussex County, New Jersey
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36.1 inches of snow per year
Located in
Sussex County, New Jersey
Hopatcong is a borough in Sussex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 15,147, reflecting a decline of 741 from the 15,888 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 302 from the 15,586 counted in the 1990 Census.
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34.7 inches of snow per year
Mount Arlington is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 5,050, reflecting an increase of 387 from the 4,663 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 1,033 from the 3,630 counted in the 1990 Census. It is located on the southeast shore of Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey’s largest lake and a major recreational resource.
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33.6 inches of snow per year
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31.1 inches of snow per year
Located in
Morris County, New Jersey
Wharton is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough’s population was 6,522, reflecting an increase of 224 from the 6,298 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 893 from the 5,405 counted in the 1990 Census.
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30.8 inches of snow per year
Located in
Morris County, New Jersey
Dover is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Located on the Rockaway River, Dover is about 31 miles west of New York City and about 23 miles west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town’s population was 18,157, reflecting a decline of 31 from the 18,188 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 3,073 from the 15,115 counted in the 1990 Census. Dover has become a majority minority community, with nearly 70% of the population as of the 2010 Census identifying themselves as Hispanic, up from 25% in 1980.
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30.0 inches of snow per year
Located in
Warren County, New Jersey
Phillipsburg is a town in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, a sister city to the cross-Delaware River industrial partner of Easton, Pennsylvania.
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29.7 inches of snow per year
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28.6 inches of snow per year
Located in
Morris County, New Jersey
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How We Determined The Cities In New Jersey With The Most Snow
In order to rank the snowiest cities in New Jersey, we used Saturday Night Science and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) database, to see which cities in the Garden State get the most annual snowfall.
We updated this article for 2026. This is our second time ranking the snowiest cities in New Jersey.
Before we get too far, here are the annual snowfall rates for major cities: Newark (26.2 inches), Jersey City (26.1 inches), and Paterson (24.9 inches).
The snowiest cities in New Jersey are Newton, Lake Mohawk, Hopatcong, Mount Arlington, Hackett, Wharton, Dover, Phillipsburg, Mendham, and Morristown.
There’s a complete chart at the bottom.
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Detailed List Of The Snowiest Places In New Jersey
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| Rank | City | Snow (Inches) | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newton | 38.8 | 8,036 |
| 2 | Lake Mohawk | 37.6 | 9,635 |
| 3 | Hopatcong | 36.1 | 14,802 |
| 4 | Mount Arlington | 34.7 | 5,187 |
| 5 | Hackett | 33.6 | 9,579 |
| 6 | Wharton | 31.1 | 6,607 |
| 7 | Dover | 30.8 | 18,324 |
| 8 | Phillipsburg | 30.0 | 14,608 |
| 9 | Mendham | 29.7 | 5,016 |
| 10 | Morristown | 28.6 | 18,563 |
| 11 | Chatham | 28.6 | 9,011 |
| 12 | White Meadow Lake | 28.6 | 8,943 |
| 13 | Succasunna | 28.6 | 8,859 |
| 14 | Budd Lake | 28.6 | 8,403 |
| 15 | Butler | 28.6 | 7,659 |
| 16 | Rockaway | 28.6 | 6,490 |
| 17 | Morris Plains | 28.6 | 5,598 |
| 18 | Boonton | 28.2 | 8,422 |
| 19 | Kinnelon | 27.5 | 10,372 |
| 20 | Norwood | 27.5 | 5,823 |
| 21 | Demarest | 27.5 | 5,004 |
| 22 | Closter | 27.4 | 8,582 |
| 23 | Cresskill | 27.3 | 8,729 |
| 24 | Tenafly | 27.2 | 14,788 |
| 25 | Keyport | 27.0 | 7,195 |
| 26 | Bloomingdale | 26.9 | 7,933 |
| 27 | Westwood | 26.8 | 11,140 |
| 28 | Elizabeth | 26.7 | 127,759 |
| 29 | Mil | 26.7 | 6,989 |
| 30 | Washington | 26.7 | 6,466 |
| 31 | Montvale | 26.6 | 8,199 |
| 32 | Bayonne | 26.5 | 65,378 |
| 33 | New Brunswick | 26.5 | 56,338 |
| 34 | Park Ridge | 26.5 | 8,820 |
| 35 | Emerson | 26.5 | 7,616 |
| 36 | Hillsdale | 26.4 | 10,452 |
| 37 | Lincroft | 26.3 | 6,431 |
| 38 | Woodcliff Lake | 26.3 | 5,818 |
| 39 | Newark | 26.2 | 279,793 |
| 40 | East Orange | 26.2 | 64,578 |
| 41 | Eato | 26.2 | 12,298 |
| 42 | Glen Ridge | 26.2 | 7,607 |
| 43 | Jersey City | 26.1 | 259,651 |
| 44 | Fort Lee | 26.1 | 36,251 |
| 45 | Englewood | 26.1 | 27,992 |
| 46 | Red Bank | 26.1 | 12,238 |
| 47 | Englewood Cliffs | 26.1 | 5,369 |
| 48 | West New York | 26.0 | 51,860 |
| 49 | Cliffside Park | 26.0 | 24,493 |
| 50 | Palisades Park | 26.0 | 20,364 |
| 51 | North Arlington | 26.0 | 15,734 |
| 52 | Highland Park | 26.0 | 14,263 |
| 53 | Fairview | 26.0 | 14,233 |
| 54 | Ridgefield Park | 26.0 | 12,969 |
| 55 | Edgewater | 26.0 | 11,935 |
| 56 | Ridgefield | 26.0 | 11,256 |
| 57 | Leonia | 26.0 | 9,129 |
| 58 | Woodland Park | 25.9 | 12,267 |
| 59 | Guttenberg | 25.9 | 11,595 |
| 60 | Haledon | 25.9 | 8,412 |
| 61 | Prospect Park | 25.9 | 5,924 |
| 62 | Singac | 25.9 | 5,108 |
| 63 | Short Hills | 25.8 | 12,831 |
| 64 | Upper Montclair | 25.8 | 11,753 |
| 65 | Brookdale | 25.8 | 9,813 |
| 66 | Spotswood | 25.8 | 8,413 |
| 67 | Caldwell | 25.8 | 7,902 |
| 68 | North Caldwell | 25.8 | 6,415 |
| 69 | Old Tappan | 25.8 | 5,922 |
| 70 | Kearny | 25.7 | 41,866 |
| 71 | Linden | 25.7 | 41,322 |
| 72 | Hasbrouck Heights | 25.7 | 12,100 |
| 73 | Wood-Ridge | 25.7 | 7,938 |
| 74 | Union City | 25.6 | 68,656 |
| 75 | Hoboken | 25.6 | 52,452 |
| 76 | Sayreville | 25.6 | 44,051 |
| 77 | Hackensack | 25.6 | 44,035 |
| 78 | Lodi | 25.6 | 24,590 |
| 79 | Roselle | 25.6 | 21,466 |
| 80 | Rutherford | 25.6 | 18,434 |
| 81 | Secaucus | 25.6 | 18,170 |
| 82 | Ringwood | 25.6 | 12,387 |
| 83 | Little Ferry | 25.6 | 10,856 |
| 84 | Maywood | 25.6 | 9,694 |
| 85 | East Rutherford | 25.6 | 9,076 |
| 86 | Bogota | 25.6 | 8,329 |
| 87 | Carlstadt | 25.6 | 6,225 |
| 88 | Clifton | 25.5 | 85,552 |
| 89 | Garfield | 25.5 | 31,265 |
| 90 | Bergenfield | 25.5 | 27,339 |
| 91 | Dumont | 25.5 | 17,820 |
| 92 | New Milford | 25.5 | 16,640 |
| 93 | Roselle Park | 25.5 | 13,555 |
| 94 | Wallington | 25.5 | 11,584 |
| 95 | River Edge | 25.5 | 11,566 |
| 96 | Oradell | 25.5 | 8,146 |
| 97 | Passaic | 25.4 | 70,618 |
| 98 | Paramus | 25.4 | 26,760 |
| 99 | Carteret | 25.4 | 23,965 |
| 100 | Elmwood Park | 25.4 | 19,959 |
Source: NOAA snowfall data via Saturday Night Science. 256 New Jersey cities ranked.
Summary
Summary: The Snowiest Cities In New Jersey For 2026
If you’re looking for the New Jersey cities that get buried in snow each winter, this is an accurate list.
The snowiest cities in New Jersey are Newton, Lake Mohawk, Hopatcong, Mount Arlington, Hackett, Wharton, Dover, Phillipsburg, Mendham, and Morristown.
