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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bayville, NJ

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

56 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Bayville, New Jersey since 1851, 11 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 31 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
11

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
45

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
31

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Bayville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Bayville, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 220 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 921 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020ZetaOct 2968 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
2020IsaiasAug 472 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 109 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 823 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3033 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 284 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 717 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2007BarryJun 473 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
2004CharleyAug 1544 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
2001AllisonJun 1758 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1999FloydSep 168 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1326 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2723 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2443 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1034 miCategory 1 (82 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2242 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2815 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1136 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1512 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1237 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 306 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1959CindyJul 1175 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
1955DianeAug 1944 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormOct 2156 miTropical storm (51 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1447 miCategory 2 (105 mph)Category 5
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 337 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2167 miCategory 3 (121 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 842 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1924 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3014 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1724 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 461 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3070 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1907Unnamed 1907 stormJun 3066 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1515 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1637 miTropical storm (72 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1625 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1416 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2433 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1026 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1894Unnamed 1894 stormSep 3070 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2414 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 111 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2412 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1268 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1849 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 3
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 59 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2917 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2617 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 302 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1929 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 353 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 288 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2044 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Bayville: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Bayville

By decade

  • 2020s10
  • 2010s4
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s3
  • 1980s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s4
  • 1950s3
Strongest tornadoes near Bayville, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 21, 1983F317 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF216 mi0.14 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF218 mi1.59 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF220 mi2.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF210 mi4.2 mi0 / 8
Aug 20, 1999F225 mi0.4 mi0 / 1
Jun 29, 1982F25 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Aug 10, 2023EF120 mi0.31 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF125 mi4 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF110 mi6.52 mi0 / 0
Aug 4, 2020EF116 mi3.32 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 2010EF119 mi2.23 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 31, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Bayville while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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