New Jersey

Storms in New Jersey in 2020

957 events in 87 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2020, 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 2020 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
957
Deaths
1
Injuries
8
Damage
$1.6 million
Episodes
87

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 Wind63900$155,000
Flash Flood10200
High Wind5900$560,000
Hail5000$264,000
Tropical Storm3618
Winter Weather1900
Winter Storm1800
Coastal Flood800
Strong Wind700$270,000
Lightning500
Tornado400
Flood300$303,000
Rip Current300
Heavy Rain200
Funnel Cloud200

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

February 2020

March 2020

April 2020

June 2020

July 2020

August 2020

September 2020

October 2020

November 2020

December 2020

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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.