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Nor'easter Brings Over 25 Inches Of Snow To Passaic County

The National Weather Service released snowfall totals from Monday and Tuesday, with 26 inches recorded in Bloomingdale.

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A man uses a snow blower to clear a sidewalk in Ridgewood, New Jersey Monday, Feb. 1.
A man uses a snow blower to clear a sidewalk in Ridgewood, New Jersey Monday, Feb. 1. (Courtesy Ambreen Khan)

PASSAIC COUNTY, NJ —By Tuesday morning the National Weather Service's New York, New York office said that most of the nor'easter snow had fallen, leaving over 25 inches of snow in parts of Passaic County.

Fifteen inches of snow have been recorded in Wayne as of 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to the NWS.

"As of 7am Tuesday, the storm total snow at Central Park, NY is 17.2 inches. Highest totals are in portions of NE NJ and the Rockland County where 18-23 inches was measured," NWS officials said on Twitter.

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With that said, it's time to take stock of just how much snow fell in the Passaic County area from the start of the storm until now.

Here are the snowfall totals from the NWS as of 1:41 p.m. Tuesday:

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  • Bloomingdale — 26.2 in.
  • West Milford — 24.7 in.
  • Wayne — 15 in.

Even with Bloomingdale recording over 26 inches of snow, Passaic County doesn't have the highest snowfall total in the state. That title belongs to Mendham, which recorded 30 inches according to the NWS.

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