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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Irvington, NJ

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

44 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Irvington, New Jersey since 1851, 8 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 58 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
8

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
36

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
58

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Irvington

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Irvington, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 235 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 963 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 446 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1136 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 863 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 2814 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 728 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1638 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1316 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2748 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2471 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1049 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2220 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2812 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1150 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1546 miTropical storm (62 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1263 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3027 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1913 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 130 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2170 miCategory 3 (121 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 861 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1928 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3012 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1761 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 412 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1562 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1649 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1663 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1439 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 143 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2465 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1060 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2941 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2418 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1141 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2233 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2454 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 555 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2920 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2623 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 308 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 192 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2825 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Irvington: 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 Irvington

By decade

  • 2020s4
  • 2010s10
  • 2000s5
  • 1990s11
  • 1980s13
  • 1970s10(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s4
Strongest tornadoes near Irvington, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Sep 26, 1977F323 mi5.9 mi0 / 0
May 28, 1973F315 mi0.4 mi0 / 0
Aug 8, 2007EF29 mi5.87 mi0 / 9
May 27, 2001F225 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 15, 1970F221 mi2 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 1962F217 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1956F223 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 2010EF121 mi4 mi1 / 1
Jun 26, 2023EF118 mi1.38 mi0 / 0
Oct 31, 2019EF19 mi4.87 mi0 / 0
Oct 7, 2013EF116 mi1.25 mi0 / 0
Sep 8, 2012EF119 mi4.74 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 58, 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 Irvington 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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