New Jersey

Storms in New Jersey in 2017

628 events in 82 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2017, 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 2017 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
628
Deaths
11
Injuries
31
Damage
$1.8 million
Episodes
82

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 Wind12918$42,000
Heavy Rain10400
Flood9000$160
Winter Weather6801
Winter Storm4700
High Wind4500$560,000
Strong Wind3502$1.2 million
Flash Flood2916$140
Coastal Flood2302$80
Hail1600
Rip Current14811
Lightning1301
Blizzard400$10
High Surf310
Tornado200
Excessive Heat200
Ice Storm100
Funnel Cloud100
Heat100
Astronomical Low Tide100

Every episode, month by month

January 2017

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March 2017

April 2017

May 2017

June 2017

July 2017

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September 2017

October 2017

November 2017

December 2017

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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.