New Jersey

Storm History: Burlington County, New Jersey

1,267 episodes, 2,286 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Burlington 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
2,286
Deaths
16
Injuries
305
Damage
$264 million
Episodes
1,267

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
Thunderstorm Wind45317$25 million
Hail30813$2.1 million
Tornado159117$54 million
Flash Flood14600$50 million
Winter Weather1463183
Strong Wind13400$317,000
Winter Storm131053$3.0 million
High Wind9503$1.4 million
Excessive Heat77111
Heat7633
Heavy Snow7400
Coastal Flood7100$413,000
Dense Fog6800
Drought4900
Cold/Wind Chill4610
Flood4620$114 million
Heavy Rain4100$1.0 million
Wildfire3202$1,000
Lightning30121$2.3 million
Storm Surge/Tide2800$1.5 million
Astronomical Low Tide2800
Blizzard1922$1.6 million
Tropical Storm700$200,000
Frost/Freeze500
Ice Storm500
Funnel Cloud400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill400
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$7.0 million
Sleet100

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 Burlington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Burlington CountyEvery warning in Burlington 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.