New Jersey

Storm History: Camden County, New Jersey

1,001 episodes, 1,320 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Camden 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
1,320
Deaths
8
Injuries
303
Damage
$53 million
Episodes
1,001

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 Wind24204$5.0 million
Hail14601$1.9 million
Flash Flood12800$5.9 million
Winter Weather812208
Winter Storm75011$2.0 million
Heat64243
Tornado6229$12 million
Strong Wind5801$89,000
Flood5400$15 million
High Wind5301$1.4 million
Heavy Snow4900
Coastal Flood4210$366,000
Drought4000
Excessive Heat37016
Dense Fog3400
Heavy Rain3300
Cold/Wind Chill2600$150,000
Astronomical Low Tide2500
Storm Surge/Tide2100$1.0 million
Lightning1304$11,000
Wildfire1100
Blizzard900$1.7 million
Tropical Storm500$100,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$7.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill310
Ice Storm305
Frost/Freeze200
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 Camden County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Camden CountyEvery warning in Camden 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.