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Historic 2026 Blizzard: Bergen County Buried Under Record-Breaking 30 Inches of Snow

the staff of the Ridgewood blog

The winter of 2026 just etched itself into the history books. On February 22–23, a monstrous blizzard swept through North Jersey, leaving Bergen County blanketed in a historic layer of white. From the southern tip of the county to the northern border, residents woke up to a transformed landscape that surpassed longstanding local weather records.