
Yes, It Really Was That Cold: NJ’s January 2026 by the Numbers
file photo by Boyd Loving
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, If you feel like you’ve been living in a literal freezer, you aren’t imagining it. From the frozen mist of the Paterson Great Falls to the ice floes choking the Hudson River, North Jersey just survived one of its most brutal Januaries in recent memory.

