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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Runnemede, NJ

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

42 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Runnemede, New Jersey since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 68 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 3 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
6

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
36

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
68

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
3

3 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Runnemede

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Runnemede, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 26 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 954 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 429 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1039 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 859 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3014 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2842 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 618 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1650 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1313 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1992DanielleSep 2647 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1985GloriaSep 2767 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 4
1971DoriaAug 2828 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1550 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3033 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1933 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 149 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 354 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 195 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 362 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3030 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1760 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 436 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1543 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1611 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1661 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1462 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 141 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1065 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2952 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2462 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1131 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2274 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2444 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2370 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 536 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2921 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2618 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3046 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1914 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2831 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2072 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 Runnemede: 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 Runnemede

By decade

  • 2020s11(2 EF3+)
  • 2010s8
  • 2000s5
  • 1990s15
  • 1980s14
  • 1970s5
  • 1960s4
  • 1950s6(1 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Runnemede, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Mar 22, 1955F325 mi9.6 mi1 / 0
Sep 1, 2021EF33 mi12.37 mi0 / 2
Jul 29, 2021EF320 mi3.4 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2021EF220 mi8.28 mi1 / 2
Aug 4, 2020EF217 mi20.77 mi0 / 18
Oct 31, 2019EF224 mi0.47 mi0 / 2
May 31, 1998F217 mi5.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 1993F220 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1989F27 mi2 mi0 / 1
Aug 17, 1988F223 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 5, 1979F222 mi2.5 mi0 / 5
Jun 29, 1973F220 mi1.9 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 68, 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 Runnemede 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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