The state of New Jersey recorded its second-largest snowstorm at Edison, where fell (the greatest single storm record being at Cape May in the Great Blizzard of 1899). Elizabeth, New Jersey also reported of snow. Newark, the state's largest city, received a record-setting , while Trenton, the capital, received . All roads in the state were closed, including the entire length of the New Jersey Turnpike for the first time in that road's history. Over two-thirds of the state was buried under of snow, making this storm the state's most paralyzing snowstorm of the 20th century. Places such as Roselle and Linden received around . New Jersey was, along with other states, put into a state of emergency.