Storm History: Atlantic County, New Jersey
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Atlantic County, New Jersey: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 1,740
- Deaths
- 17
- Injuries
- 82
- Damage
- $845 million
- Episodes
- 988
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strong Wind | 176 | 0 | 0 | $217,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 168 | 0 | 2 | $23 million |
| High Wind | 143 | 0 | 1 | $7.6 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 129 | 0 | 3 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Weather | 117 | 0 | 6 | |
| Winter Storm | 115 | 1 | 0 | $2.8 million |
| Hail | 103 | 1 | 11 | $20 million |
| Heat | 94 | 0 | 30 | |
| Heavy Snow | 77 | 2 | 2 | $1,000 |
| Drought | 76 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 76 | 0 | 0 | $54 million |
| Dense Fog | 72 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 57 | 3 | 1 | $691 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 49 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 48 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Tornado | 46 | 0 | 7 | $37 million |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 43 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Excessive Heat | 37 | 0 | 6 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 20 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Rip Current | 18 | 6 | 1 | |
| Tropical Storm | 11 | 1 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| Wildfire | 11 | 0 | 8 | |
| Lightning | 10 | 1 | 3 | $33,000 |
| High Surf | 8 | 2 | 1 | $1,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tsunami | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Flood, October 28, 2012
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2015
- Rip Current, June 15, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 1996
- Hail, July 3, 2011
- High Surf, August 29, 1996
- Rip Current, August 7, 2006
- Rip Current, July 12, 2008
- Lightning, September 15, 2011
- Rip Current, June 10, 2012
- Rip Current, August 4, 2014
- High Surf, August 1, 2017
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2020
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, October 28, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 20, 1997
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
- Coastal Flood, November 11, 2009
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- High Wind, March 13, 2010
- Hail, August 10, 2008
- Coastal Flood, February 4, 1998
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 16, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Coastal Flood, January 7, 1996
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 1999
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Hail, June 29, 2008
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 7, 1996
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Coastal Flood, March 6, 2013
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Dense Fog, March 9, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Coastal Flood, October 12, 2025
- Dense Fog, August 24, 2025
- Coastal Flood, August 21, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2025
- Tornado, May 16, 2025
- Dense Fog, May 15, 2025
- Dense Fog, May 14, 2025
- Dense Fog, April 6, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2024
- Coastal Flood, November 15, 2024
- Coastal Flood, October 18, 2024
- Coastal Flood, September 20, 2024
- Dense Fog, September 14, 2024
- Dense Fog, September 12, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Coastal Flood, April 4, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Coastal Flood, February 13, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 13, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- High Wind, December 18, 2023
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 30, 2023
- Coastal Flood, September 26, 2023
- Coastal Flood, September 23, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2023
- Dense Fog, July 6, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Coastal Flood, June 3, 2023
- Dense Fog, April 16, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 14, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 6, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Coastal Flood, December 23, 2022
- Dense Fog, November 4, 2022
- Dense Fog, October 25, 2022
- High Wind, October 2, 2022
- Coastal Flood, October 2, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2022
- High Wind, May 7, 2022
- Coastal Flood, April 18, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Coastal Flood, January 3, 2022
- High Wind, October 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2021
- Hail, July 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Hail, June 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- High Wind, April 30, 2021
- Hail, April 21, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Coastal Flood, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 24, 2020
- Coastal Flood, October 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2020
- High Wind, April 30, 2020
- Tornado, April 21, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Hail, April 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- Coastal Flood, October 10, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2018
- Coastal Flood, September 9, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2017
- Coastal Flood, September 19, 2017
- High Surf, September 19, 2017
- Hail, September 6, 2017
- Flood, August 7, 2017
- High Surf, August 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2017
- Rip Current, June 15, 2017
- Coastal Flood, May 25, 2017
- Flood, May 13, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Astronomical Low Tide, December 15, 2016
- Flood, September 19, 2016
- Hail, July 23, 2016
- Rip Current, July 18, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2016
- Coastal Flood, May 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 9, 2016
- Hail, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2016
- Coastal Flood, February 9, 2016
- Coastal Flood, February 8, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2016
- High Wind, January 23, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2016
- Coastal Flood, October 1, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2015
- Hail, July 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Heat, June 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 1, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 20, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 20, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- High Wind, February 15, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 12, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2015
- Strong Wind, January 7, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2015
- Strong Wind, January 4, 2015
- Coastal Flood, December 9, 2014
- Strong Wind, November 2, 2014
- Strong Wind, October 22, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2014
- Rip Current, August 4, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2014
- Heat, June 17, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Strong Wind, April 15, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 25, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- High Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Dense Fog, February 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2014
- Strong Wind, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2014
- Strong Wind, January 25, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2014
- Astronomical Low Tide, January 7, 2014
- Strong Wind, January 6, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2014
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 27, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 23, 2013
- Tornado, August 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2013
- Hail, June 13, 2013
- Tsunami, June 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 11, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 21, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 9, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 6, 2013
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Atlantic CountyEvery warning in Atlantic County since 1986Every county in New Jersey
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.