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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Voorhees, 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 Voorhees, New Jersey since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 61 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
6

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
38

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
61

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Voorhees

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Voorhees, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 28 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 949 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 434 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1033 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 854 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3016 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2837 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 613 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2004JeanneSep 2974 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
2004CharleyAug 1572 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 4
1999FloydSep 1644 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 138 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1992DanielleSep 2653 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1985GloriaSep 2761 miCategory 1 (92 mph)Category 4
1971DoriaAug 2822 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1545 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1275 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3028 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1935 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 152 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 351 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 198 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 367 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3024 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1755 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 439 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1539 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 165 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1656 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1456 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 146 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2472 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1060 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2956 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2456 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1127 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2439 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 532 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2916 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2613 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3040 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 198 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2826 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2068 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 Voorhees: 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 Voorhees

By decade

  • 2020s12(2 EF3+)
  • 2010s7
  • 2000s6
  • 1990s13
  • 1980s12
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s2
  • 1950s6
Strongest tornadoes near Voorhees, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Sep 1, 2021EF38 mi12.37 mi0 / 2
Jul 29, 2021EF319 mi3.4 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2021EF223 mi8.28 mi1 / 2
Aug 4, 2020EF216 mi20.77 mi0 / 18
May 31, 1998F216 mi5.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 21, 1993F217 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 1989F29 mi2 mi0 / 1
Jul 14, 1960F211 mi15.6 mi0 / 6
Jul 14, 1958F28 mi9.8 mi0 / 0
Jun 13, 1958F225 mi0.1 mi0 / 1
Aug 10, 2023EF125 mi0.31 mi0 / 0
Aug 10, 2023EF117 mi0.66 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 61, 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 Voorhees 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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