New Jersey

Storms in New Jersey in 2012

997 events in 142 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2012, 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 2012 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

Open the live radar over New Jersey

The year

Events
997
Deaths
55
Injuries
44
Damage
$25 billion
Episodes
142

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 Wind26401$777,000
Thunderstorm Wind16918$8.5 million
Winter Weather9901
Hail82422$22 million
Heat7711
High Wind48150$5.5 million
Coastal Flood4420$190,000
Excessive Heat4300
Lightning3400
Flash Flood3104$290,000
Flood28273$25 billion
Wildfire2500$5,000
Astronomical Low Tide1900
Rip Current1654
Winter Storm600$100,000
Funnel Cloud500
High Surf400
Heavy Snow200
Tornado100$32,000

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

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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.