A low pressure system exiting the South Carolina coast brought some freezing rain and sleet as well as heavy snow to most of the southern half of New Jersey, but tracked far enough to the south (except for Monmouth County) that very little snow fell in the northern half of the state. Snowfall averaged 3 to 7 inches in the southern half of the state, 1 to 4 inches in Monmouth County and less than 1 inch elsewhere in the northern half of the state. Ice accumulations in the interior southeast part of the state averaged less than one-tenth of an inch. Temperatures started above freezing as precipitation began as rain on the 2nd and then fell steadily below freezing during the day on the 3rd. This made for slippery traveling conditions on untreated roadways. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a state of emergency and closed all state offices for non-emergency workers for the day.  Many schools in the southern half of the state were closed. New Jersey State Police responded to 84 accidents and nearly 100 disabled vehicles. The wintry weather forced speed reductions on the entire length of the Garden State Parkway and from the Delaware Memorial Bridge through Woodbridge (Middlesex County) on the New Jersey Turnpike. New Jersey Transit cross-honored commuting tickets. Trash and recycling schedules were also affected.
Precipitation started as rain on the afternoon of the 2nd. In the central and southwest part of the state, the rain changed to sleet and then snow during the late evening of the 2nd. In the southeast part of the state, the rain changed to freezing rain inland during the early morning on the 3rd and then over to snow between 3 a.m. EST and 5 a.m. EST on the 3rd. Throughout the southern half of the state, the snow fell heavy at times during the morning of the 3rd. The snow ended from the central part of the state southward between 10 a.m. EST and 330 p.m. EST on the 3rd.
Representative snowfall included 7.0 inches in Ventnor (Atlantic County), 6.5 inches in Belleplain (Atlantic County), 6.1 inches in Manahawkin (Ocean County), 6.0 inches in Estell Manor (Atlantic County) and Surf City (Ocean County), 5.5 inches at the Atlantic City International Airport (Atlantic County), Pitman (Gloucester County) and Beesleys Point (Cape May County), 5.3 inches in Monroeville (Salem County), 5.0 inches in Absecon (Atlantic County), Newport (Cumberland County) and New Gretna (Burlington County), 4.8 inches in Toms River (Ocean County), 4.7 inches in Haddon Heights (Camden County), 4.5 inches in Somerdale (Camden County), 4.3 inches in Cape May (Cape May County), 4.0 inches in Washington Township (Gloucester County), 3.6 inches in Upper Deerfield Township (Cumberland County), 3.5 inches in Mount Laurel (Burlington County) and Lakewood (Ocean County), 3.4 inches in National Park (Gloucester County), 3.0 inches in Manasquan (Monmouth County), 2.1 inches in Westampton Township (Burlington County), 1.9 inches in Freehold (Monmouth County) and 0.4 inches in Ewing (Mercer County).

The snow was caused by a series of low pressure systems that formed on the cold front that passed through Delaware on the afternoon of the 2nd. The low pressure systems formed in the Tennessee River Valley. An arctic high pressure system located over the Northern Plains on the evening of the 2nd slowly moved to the southeast and prevented the surface low pressure systems from having much northern movement. The fractionalized low pressure systems took until the morning of the 3rd to merge into one in western South Carolina. From there, the low pressure system moved east and exited the South Carolina coast during the early evening of the 3rd. The track of the low was just enough to the south to bring heavy snow only into the southern half of the state.

Winter Weather in NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-14 23:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in WESTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 02:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in EASTERN MONMOUTH, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 02:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 10:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-14 23:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in GLOUCESTER, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-14 23:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in SALEM, NEW JERSEY
From 02-MAR-14 23:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in WESTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 00:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in EASTERN OCEAN, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 01:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in WESTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 01:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in EASTERN ATLANTIC, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 02:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in EASTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 03:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 15:30:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in WESTERN CAPE MAY, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 03:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 15:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in CUMBERLAND, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 02:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 14:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Storm in SOUTHEASTERN BURLINGTON, NEW JERSEY
From 03-MAR-14 00:00:00 to 03-MAR-14 13:00:00 (EST-5)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter