Storms in New Jersey in 2006

856 events in 273 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2006, 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 2006 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: 856
Deaths: 10
Injuries: 60
Damage: $48 million
Episodes: 273

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
Strong Wind	257	0	2	$551,000
Thunderstorm Wind	128	0	9	$10,000
Coastal Flood	103	0	0	$966,000
High Wind	47	0	0	$6.8 million
Heavy Rain	41	0	0
Flood	40	1	2	$37 million
Flash Flood	36	1	0	$1.0 million
Winter Storm	33	0	0
Winter Weather	31	0	0
Dense Fog	29	0	0
Hail	28	0	0
Heat	26	2	41
Lightning	25	3	6	$1.4 million
High Surf	12	0	0
Funnel Cloud	7	0	0
Heavy Snow	6	0	0
Wildfire	3	0	0	$50,000
Rip Current	3	3	0
Tornado	1	0	0	$100,000

Every episode, month by month

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December 2006

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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.