New Jersey

Storms in New Jersey in 2008

966 events in 158 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2008, 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 2008 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
966
Deaths
16
Injuries
119
Damage
$27 million
Episodes
158

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
Strong Wind19935$161,000
Thunderstorm Wind14917$830,000
Winter Weather134120
Hail61311$20 million
High Wind5801$3.3 million
Flash Flood5400$1.4 million
Flood3800
Excessive Heat38148
Lightning3600$66,000
Drought3000
Heavy Rain2800
Tropical Storm2400
Winter Storm2306$200,000
Astronomical Low Tide2100
Coastal Flood1200$225,000
Heavy Snow1103
Wildfire1007
Dense Fog900
Rip Current9610
High Surf810$4,000
Storm Surge/Tide700
Funnel Cloud300
Ice Storm200$1.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill100
Heat101

Every episode, month by month

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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.