New Jersey

Storms in New Jersey in 2001

768 events in 236 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2001, 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 2001 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
768
Deaths
4
Injuries
37
Damage
$2.5 million
Episodes
236

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Heat13620
Drought11800
Thunderstorm Wind83010$125,000
Heavy Snow6800
Lightning59217$1.4 million
Flood4801
Sleet3800
Heavy Rain3800
Flash Flood3100
High Wind2601
Hail2302
Winter Storm2100
Wildfire2000
Cold/Wind Chill2000
Excessive Heat1600
Winter Weather1000
Rip Current606
Ice Storm300
Tornado200$1.0 million
Funnel Cloud100
Waterspout100

Every episode, month by month

January 2001

February 2001

March 2001

April 2001

May 2001

June 2001

July 2001

August 2001

September 2001

October 2001

November 2001

December 2001

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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.