New York City · Jersey City · Neighborhood Snowfall Analysis · Winter 2025–2026

NYC's biggest February blizzard in a decade — mapped from Manhattan to Jersey City.

Central Park recorded 43.4 inches this season. Across the Hudson, Newark Airport hit 54.5 inches -- more than any NYC station. From Queens to Jersey City, here's every neighborhood and municipality mapped.

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Interactive Map

Every neighborhood. Every storm.

Select a storm to see snowfall across NYC's 262 neighborhoods and NJ municipalities. Hover any area for exact measurements.

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Borough Breakdown

Five boroughs, five stories.

Average neighborhood snowfall by borough. Queens consistently topped the charts this season.

Across the Hudson

The Jersey side of the storm.

Newark Airport recorded 54.5 inches this season — more than Central Park. NJ municipalities from Hudson, Bergen, Essex, and Union counties shown alongside NYC.

Historical Context — NYC

How does this winter rank?

Seasonal snowfall at Central Park, 1938–2026. NYC's 43.5-inch season ranks #15 all-time across 88 winters.

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Historical Context — NJ (Newark Airport)

How does Jersey rank?

Seasonal snowfall at Newark Airport. Data loading...

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Metro Comparison

NYC vs Jersey City vs Boston — who got buried?

Boston's 62.5-inch season led the pack. But Newark Airport quietly outpaced every NYC station. Three metro areas, one brutal winter.

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Methodology

How this was built.

Data Sources

NOAA GHCN — 5 stations: Central Park, LaGuardia, JFK, Newark, Teterboro. Daily snowfall and historical records.

CoCoRaHS — Fetched via pip package for both NY and NJ. ~30 volunteer stations across the metro area.

NYC Open Data — 262 NTAs (2020). NJOGIS — Municipal boundaries for Hudson, Bergen, Essex, Union counties.

Spatial Analysis

Interpolation — IDW (power=2, k=8) from all NOAA + CoCoRaHS stations combined to NTA and municipality centroids.

Pipeline — Google Colab notebook. Full source on GitHub.

Frontend — MapLibre GL JS, CARTO Positron tiles, vanilla JS. No build step.

Mekhal Raj
Data & Analytics · Systems Analyst · Boston, MA

6+ years in data engineering, analytics, and AI/ML. Built this project end-to-end — from NOAA API pipeline to spatial interpolation to this visualization. Open to new opportunities.

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