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On average, there are three tornadoes each year in the state, although there have been as many seven on a single day, which occurred both in 1989 and 2023. They have occurred in every month but December and January. The state's most active year was 1989, with 19 confirmed tornadoes. Most tornadoes in New Jersey have been weak and short-lived.
Tornado outbreak sequence of May 14–31, 1962; July 1989 Northeastern United States tornado outbreak; October 2013 North American storm complex; Tornado outbreak of July 28–29, 2021; Tornado outbreak of March 31 – April 1, 2023; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 14–19, 2023; Tornado outbreak sequence of June 20–26, 2023
At 7:15 p.m., the tornado struck the town, injuring 12 people but killing none. It would be the only F5 tornado to hit the United States that year. The tornado's maximum width was about 400 yards (370 m) wide, making it one of the narrowest F5 tornadoes on record.
The last five years in New Jersey have been quite active for tornadoes with data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration logging 18 in 2023, two in 2022, 14 in 2021, four in 2020 ...
7 0 1970: 653 0 164 253 191 36 8 1 1971: 889 0 188 380 239 71 10 1 1972: 741 0 174 345 181 37 4 0 1973: 1,102 0 219 497 301 71 13 1 1974: 945 0 222 384 208 95 29 7 1975: 919 0 307 376 191 34 11 0 1976: 834 0 262 341 168 47 13 3 1977: 852 0 338 332 135 37 9 1 1978: 789 0 436 225 104 19 5 0 1979: 855 0 387 318 116 28 6 0 1980: 866 0 269 398 162 ...
Some of the most notorious twisters in U.S. history were wedge tornadoes, including the EF5 that leveled Joplin, Missouri, on May 22, 2011, and the El Reno tornado, which was a jaw-dropping 2.6 ...
Tuesday will likely set the record for the most consecutive days with reports of at least eight tornadoes, or "tornado days." Tuesday was day 12, eclipsing the old record of 11 that ended on June ...
1835 New Brunswick, New Jersey tornado: June 19, 1835: Mid-Atlantic-5 fatalities: Deadliest tornado in New Jersey history. Great Natchez Tornado: May 7, 1840: Southeastern United States >1: 317+ fatalities, 109+ injuries: Second-deadliest tornado in U.S. history September 1845 New York outbreak: September 20, 1845: New York, Vermont >5 –