New Jersey

Storm History: Atlantic County, New Jersey

988 episodes, 1,740 events since 1956

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Strong Wind17600$217,000
Coastal Flood16802$23 million
High Wind14301$7.6 million
Thunderstorm Wind12903$1.1 million
Winter Weather11706
Winter Storm11510$2.8 million
Hail103111$20 million
Heat94030
Heavy Snow7722$1,000
Drought7600
Flash Flood7600$54 million
Dense Fog7200
Flood5731$691 million
Cold/Wind Chill4900
Heavy Rain4800$500,000
Tornado4607$37 million
Storm Surge/Tide4300$3.0 million
Excessive Heat3706
Astronomical Low Tide2000
Blizzard2000$1.0 million
Rip Current1861
Tropical Storm1110$3.1 million
Wildfire1108
Lightning1013$33,000
High Surf821$1,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)400$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Frost/Freeze300
Freezing Fog200
Ice Storm200
Tsunami100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

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 tornado in Atlantic County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.