With winter precipitation limited to a few dustings last year, snow shovels and snowplows were able to stay in hibernation. But that all changed last week, with fresh white stuff falling on Tuesday and Friday.

According to Cameron Wunderlin, staff meteorologist from the National Weather Service office in Mount Holly, Friday’s storm proved to be more plentiful. He said the highest total registered in Ocean County on Tuesday was 3.8 inches in the Lanoka Harbor section of Lacey Township.