Storms in New Jersey in 2002

1,050 events in 271 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2002, 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 2002 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: 1,050
Deaths: 9
Injuries: 25
Damage: $12 million
Episodes: 271

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	272	0	0
Heat	154	2	0
High Wind	144	3	14	$10,000
Thunderstorm Wind	134	0	0
Heavy Snow	48	0	0
Flood	47	0	0
Hail	44	0	2	$10 million
Heavy Rain	32	0	0
Wildfire	32	0	0	$700,000
Lightning	31	1	8	$682,000
Sleet	26	0	0
Strong Wind	18	0	0
Flash Flood	17	0	1
Winter Storm	16	0	0
Winter Weather	11	0	0
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	7	0	0
Dense Fog	3	0	0
Freezing Fog	2	0	0
Ice Storm	2	0	0
Rip Current	2	2	0
High Surf	1	1	0

Every episode, month by month

January 2002

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March 2002

April 2002

May 2002

June 2002

July 2002

August 2002

September 2002

October 2002

November 2002

December 2002

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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.