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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Magnolia, NJ

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

43 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Magnolia, New Jersey since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 67 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
6

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
37

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
67

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Magnolia

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Magnolia, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 27 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 952 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 430 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1037 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 858 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3015 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2841 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 616 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2004JeanneSep 2975 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
1999FloydSep 1648 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1311 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1992DanielleSep 2649 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1985GloriaSep 2765 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 4
1971DoriaAug 2826 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1548 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3031 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1934 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 150 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 353 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 196 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 364 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3028 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1759 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 437 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1542 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 169 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1659 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1460 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 143 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1063 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2953 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2460 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1130 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2275 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2442 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2372 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 535 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2919 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2617 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3044 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1912 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2829 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2070 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 Magnolia: 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 Magnolia

By decade

  • 2020s11(2 EF3+)
  • 2010s7
  • 2000s6
  • 1990s15
  • 1980s14
  • 1970s5
  • 1960s4
  • 1950s5
Strongest tornadoes near Magnolia, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Sep 1, 2021EF35 mi12.37 mi0 / 2
Jul 29, 2021EF319 mi3.4 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2021EF220 mi8.28 mi1 / 2
Aug 4, 2020EF216 mi20.77 mi0 / 18
May 31, 1998F216 mi5.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 1993F219 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1989F27 mi2 mi0 / 1
Aug 17, 1988F225 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 5, 1979F224 mi2.5 mi0 / 5
Jun 29, 1973F222 mi1.9 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 1960F28 mi15.6 mi0 / 6
Jul 14, 1958F26 mi9.8 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 67, 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 Magnolia 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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