Newark Snowfall Totals & Accumulation Averages

How Often it Snows in the Newark Area

The next two tables list monthly and yearly totals for amount of snow and how many days it snows at least 0.1 inches (0.25 centimetres).

10-year snowfall averages at Newark, 2010 to 2019

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
2.3	January	12.6	31.9
2.4	February	11.3	28.8
1.5	March	6.2	15.6
0.0	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	October	0.5	1.3
0.3	November	1.4	3.7
1.2	December	5.2	13.1
7.9	Year	37.7	95.9

30-year snowfall averages at Newark, 1991 to 2020

Days		Inches	Centi­metres
4.6	January	9.1	23.1
3.8	February	10.1	25.7
2.7	March	5.6	14.2
0.3	April	0.5	1.3
0.0	October	0.2	0.5
0.3	November	0.6	1.5
2.8	December	5.4	13.7
14.5	Year	31.5	80.0

These averages don't show how much the snowfall in Newark and Elizabeth varies from year to year.

In December, for instance, one in four years totals over 9.4 inches of snow. Another 25 percent of years receive 0.3 inches or less for the month.

Similarly in January, fresh snowfall in the heaviest years amounts to over 14.2 inches, while the lightest years get less than 2.4 inches.

New snow for February ranges from over 12.9 inches in heavy snowfall years to three inches or less in light years.

When Newark Has Its First & Last Snowfalls

The first snowfall of winter for the Newark region usually arrives in December. About one in five years also get a little snow in November.

The season's last snowfall typically happens in March. Every few years, some more snow shows up in April.

Newark is normally free of snow every year from May to October.

How Many Snowstorms Newark Gets

About half the days of snowfall in Newark and Elizabeth leave just a skiff, amounting to less than an inch, of fresh snow on the ground. For seven days a year on average, the amount of new snow totals at least an inch.

Snowstorms of over five inches a day normally occur twice annually. But major blizzards that dump ten inches or more in one day are rare events here that don't happen every year.

Number of days per month and year on average in Newark with a total snowfall of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
2.1	0.8	January	0.6	0.1
2.0	1.1	February	0.6	0.1
1.6	0.8	March	0.3	0.0
0.1	0.1	April	0.0	0.0
0.1	0.1	November	0.1	0.0
1.2	0.7	December	0.4	0.1
7.1	3.6	Year	2.0	0.3

How Much Snow Normally Accumulates in Newark

For about one-fifth of winter days, the Newark metropolitan area has at least an inch of snow on the ground.

Typically, on eight days a year the snow covering Newark gets to five or more inches deep. For a couple of those days the snow cover reaches at least ten inches.

Average total days per month and year in Newark with snow depth of at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 inches on the ground

1 inch 2.5 cm	3 inches 7.6 cm		5 inches 12.7 cm	10 inches 25.4 cm
7.5	4.5	January	2.8	0.7
7.5	5.2	February	3.8	1.2
3.1	1.9	March	0.7	0.1
0.1	0.1	April	0.0	0.0
0.2	0.1	November	0.0	0.0
3.1	1.6	December	0.9	0.3
21.5	13.4	Year	8.2	2.3