New Jersey

Storms in New Jersey in 2015

861 events in 118 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2015, 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 2015 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
861
Deaths
14
Injuries
157
Damage
$66 million
Episodes
118

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
Winter Weather2154101
Cold/Wind Chill12130$250,000
Strong Wind11100$214,000
Thunderstorm Wind9006$33 million
Heavy Snow5522
Flash Flood5310$110,000
Winter Storm40212
Drought3900
Heat29030
Astronomical Low Tide2800
Flood1300
Heavy Rain1200
High Wind1100$255,000
Wildfire802$205,000
Lightning802$17,000
Rip Current812
Dense Fog600
Hail500$31,000
Excessive Heat400
Coastal Flood310$32 million
Funnel Cloud200

Every episode, month by month

January 2015

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November 2015

December 2015

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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.