First Snowfall 2025: New Jersey’s Winter Forecast Revealed

A weather website has predicted when New Jersey residents can expect the first snowfall of the winter 2025-2026 season.

New Jersey's First Snowfall 2025-2026

If you are a winter lover, the day can't get here fast enough, but if you are like me, winter is the most dreaded time of the year when it comes to the weather.

In my opinion, there are so many reasons not to like winter in New Jersey. First, and most obviously, it's not summer.

But there are plenty more reasons I think you should join the ranks of people who can't stand New Jersey winter weather.

Reasons To Hate New Jersey Winter Weather

Let's mention just a few of them. First, most of us are terrible at driving in the snow, making it a nightmare to navigate in bad weather.

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Have you ever heard of a polar vortex? It's like winter is pausing to give us all the finger, and we get enough of that on the Garden State Parkway.

And then there are those huge piles of dirty snow in the supermarket parking lots that act like a science fiction air filter, getting dirtier and dirtier until it finally disappears on a warm day in mid-May.

When Will New Jersey Have Its First Snowfall?

We turn to the fine folks at the Old Farmer's Almanac, and while they don't pinpoint a date for New Jersey's first snow, they did give us a range.

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In the Garden State, you should have the shovels ready during the last two weeks of December, and below-normal snowfall is predicted for the season.