New Jersey

Storms in New Jersey in 2016

722 events in 94 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2016, 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 2016 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
722
Deaths
17
Injuries
39
Damage
$3.9 million
Episodes
94

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
Thunderstorm Wind21612$124,000
Heavy Rain14000
Winter Weather9600
Coastal Flood3700
Flash Flood3602$3.2 million
Hail3000$62,000
Flood2700$7,000
Winter Storm2600
High Wind2510$250,000
Astronomical Low Tide1900
Strong Wind1400$270,000
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Blizzard12110
Excessive Heat10012
Rip Current745
Lightning700
Tornado201$20
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100
Funnel Cloud100
Heat1017
Drought100
Heavy Snow100
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

January 2016

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November 2016

December 2016

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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.