Snow fell from the second half of the evening of the 25th through Monday morning the 26th across the southern half of New Jersey.  Accumulations averaged between 2 and 6 inches with the highest accumulations in the southern tier counties. Nearly all schools in the southern half of the state either closed for the day or had delayed openings. Even Ocean County College was closed. Untreated roads were slippery. Specific accumulations included 6.0 inches in Margate (Atlantic County) and New port (Cumberland County), 5.5 inches in Woodbine (Cape May County) and Vineland (Cumberland County), 5.4 inches in Estell Manor (Atlantic County), 5.3 inches at the Cape May Courthouse (Cape May County), 4.8 inches in Pennsville (Salem County), 4.5 inches in Avalon (Cape May County), 4.2 inches in Cape May City (Cape May County),  4.0 inches in Toms River (Ocean County), Quinton Township (Salem County) and at the McGuire Air Force Base and Willingboro (Burlington County), 3.5 inches at the Atlantic City International Airport, 2.8 inches in Glassboro (Gloucester County), 2.6 inches in Somerdale, 2.5 inches in Pennsauken (Camden County) and West Deptford (Gloucester County) and 2.3 inches in Beachwood (Ocean County). Accumulations farther north in New Jersey were generally two inches or less.The snow was caused by a low pressure system that developed in the lower Tennessee Valley during the morning of the 25th. A second low pressure system then developed off the South Carolina coast that evening. The second low pressure system became the primary low and moved northeast. It passed close to Wilmington, North Carolina around 1 a.m. EST on the 26th and just east of Hatteras, North Carolina around 7 a.m. EST on the 26th before it moved farther offshore.

Heavy Snow in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 12:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 22:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 12:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 21:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 12:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 12:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 10:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 12:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Winter Weather in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 09:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER

Heavy Snow in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 25-JAN-04 23:00:00 to 26-JAN-04 12:00:00 (EST)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER