Storms in New Jersey in 1999

915 events in 160 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 1999, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

New Jersey in 1999 on the map

Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.

Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
Other

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The year

Events: 915
Deaths: 38
Injuries: 390
Damage: $631 million
Episodes: 160

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Drought	160	0	0	$80 million
Heavy Rain	142	0	0
Heat	117	28	160
Dense Fog	90	0	0
Strong Wind	88	3	1
High Wind	59	0	3	$850,000
Winter Weather	53	0	0
Flash Flood	48	3	3	$35 million
Thunderstorm Wind	37	0	0	$30,000
Coastal Flood	29	0	0
Flood	18	0	0
Winter Storm	16	0	25
Heavy Snow	15	0	0
Lightning	14	1	9
Hail	11	0	0
Wildfire	5	0	0
Tropical Storm	4	0	0
Waterspout	3	0	0
Hurricane (Typhoon)	3	3	188	$510 million
Tornado	2	0	1	$4.3 million
Funnel Cloud	1	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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November 1999

December 1999

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.