Storm History: Bergen County, New Jersey
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Bergen 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
- 1,081
- Deaths
- 13
- Injuries
- 31
- Damage
- $82 million
- Episodes
- 499
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 349 | 3 | 3 | $18 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 247 | 2 | 13 | $1.4 million |
| Hail | 159 | 2 | 2 | $322,000 |
| Flood | 84 | 1 | 0 | $52 million |
| Tornado | 40 | 0 | 3 | $5.9 million |
| Heavy Snow | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 28 | 0 | 3 | |
| Strong Wind | 25 | 0 | 2 | $1.6 million |
| Heavy Rain | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 20 | 0 | 1 | $3.1 million |
| Lightning | 11 | 2 | 2 | $21,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 8 | 2 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 2 | |
| Dense Fog | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Tornado, July 10, 1989
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2017
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2008
- Tornado, August 7, 1962
- Tornado, July 19, 1971
- Tornado, July 13, 1975
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2018
- Strong Wind, September 18, 2012
- Tornado, October 7, 2013
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 29, 2017
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Hail, June 9, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Hail, December 9, 2009
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2004
- Hail, June 1, 2004
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2002
- Hail, July 23, 1991
- Hail, July 1, 1990
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2009
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- High Wind, August 9, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 8, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- Flood, December 23, 2022
- High Wind, December 23, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 2022
- Flood, April 7, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 25, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Hail, November 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2021
- Hail, July 8, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Flash Flood, June 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 21, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Flood, December 25, 2020
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Flood, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Hail, June 29, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Strong Wind, April 30, 2020
- Hail, April 21, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Strong Wind, February 27, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 31, 2019
- High Wind, October 16, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Tornado, August 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 3, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 20, 2019
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2019
- Lightning, April 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2019
- Hail, March 15, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Strong Wind, January 30, 2019
- Flash Flood, December 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flood, November 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2018
- Strong Wind, September 26, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2018
- Hail, August 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2018
- Lightning, July 14, 2018
- Hail, July 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2018
- Flood, January 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- Strong Wind, December 25, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 19, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 29, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2017
- Flood, July 7, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, May 5, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 2, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Strong Wind, November 20, 2016
- Excessive Heat, August 13, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2016
- Hail, July 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- High Wind, April 3, 2016
- Flood, February 25, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 24, 2016
- Strong Wind, February 16, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Dense Fog, December 23, 2015
- Dense Fog, November 27, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 22, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 5, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 26, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 31, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 2, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Flood, March 30, 2014
- Strong Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Flood, November 27, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 24, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Tornado, October 7, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2013
- Hail, August 28, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Flood, June 7, 2013
- Lightning, May 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 8, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Strong Wind, February 27, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Flood, December 21, 2012
- Winter Weather, November 7, 2012
- Coastal Flood, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Strong Wind, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Hail, September 7, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Hail, September 29, 2011
- Flood, September 6, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Bergen CountyEvery warning in Bergen 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.