New Jersey

Storms in New Jersey in 2021

962 events in 115 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in New Jersey in 2021, 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 2021 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
962
Deaths
31
Injuries
28
Damage
$239 million
Episodes
115

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 Wind40210$209,000
Flash Flood220297$233 million
Winter Weather12000
Hail6200$14,000
Coastal Flood4300
Winter Storm3700
Excessive Heat2100
High Wind1704
Tornado14010$5.3 million
Flood900
Heavy Snow700
Lightning616
Wildfire101
Funnel Cloud100
Rip Current100
Strong Wind100

Every episode, month by month

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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.