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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Jb Mdl, NJ

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

49 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Jb Mdl, New Jersey since 1851, 10 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 63 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
10

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
39

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
63

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

1 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Jb Mdl

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Jb Mdl, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 23 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 944 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 447 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1014 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 847 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3035 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2821 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 66 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2004CharleyAug 1566 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1999FloydSep 1633 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 132 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2748 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2468 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1058 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2260 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2810 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1160 miTropical storm (59 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1536 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1262 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3018 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1928 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 154 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1472 miCategory 2 (105 mph)Category 5
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 355 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 867 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 195 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3011 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1748 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 440 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1537 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1617 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1649 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1441 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 155 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2457 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1050 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2961 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2436 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1122 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2270 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2435 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1873 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 3
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 530 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 298 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 267 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3022 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 194 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2816 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2066 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 Jb Mdl: 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 Jb Mdl

By decade

  • 2020s19(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s5
  • 1990s8
  • 1980s9
  • 1970s2(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s6
Strongest tornadoes near Jb Mdl, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 29, 2021EF320 mi3.4 mi0 / 0
Sep 26, 1977F323 mi5.9 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 1960F315 mi12.9 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF218 mi1.59 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF213 mi2.1 mi0 / 0
Feb 21, 2023EF216 mi5.8 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF222 mi6.31 mi0 / 0
Aug 4, 2020EF220 mi20.77 mi0 / 18
May 31, 1998F219 mi5.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 17, 1988F215 mi4.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 1982F221 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
May 24, 1962F216 mi16.6 mi0 / 1

The strongest 12 of 63, 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 Jb Mdl 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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