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September 10, 1954 – Hurricane Edna skirted the coastline, producing tropical storm force winds of up to 65 mph and dropping 4 inches of rain in Long Branch. October 15, 1954 – Hurricane Hazel passed well to the west of New Jersey, producing very high winds but only sporadic rainfall.
New Jersey has seen the remnants of several once-powerful hurricanes, some resulting in heavy damage. Recent examples include Hurricanes Floyd and Isabel. In addition, numerous hurricanes that remained offshore have each drowned small numbers of swimmers. For example, Hurricane Felix in 1995 caused five deaths from strong rip currents.
1806 Great Coastal hurricane. 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane. Gale of 1878. 1893 New York hurricane. 1893 Sea Islands hurricane. 1894 Greater Antilles hurricane. 1896 East Coast hurricane. 1903 New Jersey hurricane.
New Jersey. Part of the 2011 Atlantic hurricane season. The effects of Hurricane Irene in New Jersey in 2011 included about $1 billion in damage to 200,000 homes and buildings. This made it the costliest disaster in the state's history, [ 1] though this was dwarfed by Hurricane Sandy the following year. Irene struck the state on August 28, and ...
Hurricane Sandy was the costliest natural disaster in the history of New Jersey, with economic losses to businesses of up to $30 billion. The most intense storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, Sandy formed in the Caribbean Sea on October 22. For days ahead of its eventual landfall, the hurricane was expected to turn toward New Jersey, as ...
Hurricane Floyd in 1999 was the costliest natural disaster in New Jersey 's history, until it was surpassed by Hurricane Irene in 2011. Damage in the state totaled $250 million (1999 USD ), much of it in Somerset and Bergen counties. Seven people died in New Jersey during Floyd's passage – six due to drowning, and one in a traffic accident.
August 25, 1941 – An EF2 tornado in Gloucester County killed a person. [ 8] August 16, 1955 – An F2 or stronger tornado touched down in Monmouth County. [ 9] October 16, 1955 [ 2] May 6, 1956 [ 2] June 13, 1958 – There were three tornadoes in the state. An F2 tornado touched down in near Maple Shade in Camden County.
The 1903 New Jersey hurricane, also known as the Vagabond Hurricane by The Press of Atlantic City, [1] is the first and only known North Atlantic hurricane to make landfall in the state of New Jersey since records were kept starting in 1851. The fourth hurricane of the season, the cyclone was first observed on September 12 about 550 miles (890 ...