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How Much Snow Did Brick Really Get?

Now that you're done shoveling, here's the scoop on how much the National Weather Service says fell at the Shore.

BRICK, NJ — The early forecast was for 4 to 6 inches of snow in Ocean County. Then forecasters said 8 to 10 inches of snow.

So how much of the white stuff did you actually end up shoveling? The National Weather Service's Mount Holly office reported amounts between 5 inches and 9 inches in the county.

The National Weather Service said the totals are unofficial observations compiled from social media postings to the NWS Mount Holly Facebook page, trained Skywarn spotters and COCORAHS, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail & Snow network.

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The 9-inch reading came from the Lanoka Harbor section of Lacey, while the 5-inch report same from south-southeast Toms River. A separate report from a trained spotter, submitted at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, said the township received 7.3 inches.

There were three reports from Brick. One report, from 8:50 p.m. on Saturday, said the township received 7.3 inches. Two others, from Sunday morning, reported 6.2 and 6.1 inches.

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Here's a full list of National Weather Service snowfall reports. They include town, amount, time and date of the report, and source.

  • Lanoka Harbor 9.0 11 p.m. 1/07 social media
  • 2 NNE Stafford Township 8.6 6 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • Barnegat 8.5 6:01 p.m. 1/07 trained spotter
  • 6 E Lacey Twp 8.3 5:30 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • 3 SSE Berkeley Twp 8.2 7 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • 5 N Little Egg Harbor 8.0 5 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • Toms River 7.3 6:30 p.m. 1/07 trained spotter
  • Brick 7.3 8:50 p.m. 1/07 trained spotter
  • Jackson Twp. 7.0 9:30 p.m. 1/07 social media
  • 1 SW Point Pleasant 6.5 7 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • 2 N Brick Twp. 6.2 7 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • 2 NNE Brick Twp. 6.1 8 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • NW Pine Beach 5.5 8 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • 2 S Jackson Twp. 5.0 9 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS
  • 3 SSE Toms River 5.0 7 a.m. 1/08 COCORAHS

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