New Jersey

Storm History: Cumberland County, New Jersey

839 episodes, 1,013 events since 1963

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cumberland 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
1,013
Deaths
2
Injuries
12
Damage
$109 million
Episodes
839

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 Wind12500$222,000
Hail9500$4.1 million
Winter Weather6800
Flash Flood6701$22 million
Strong Wind6500$131,000
Heat6001
High Wind5800$1.2 million
Winter Storm5803$2.8 million
Flood5700$22 million
Tornado4202$51 million
Heavy Snow4200
Coastal Flood3901$1.1 million
Heavy Rain3800
Drought3800
Dense Fog3400
Cold/Wind Chill2500
Excessive Heat2503
Astronomical Low Tide1600
Blizzard1311$500,000
Wildfire900
Storm Surge/Tide900$2.0 million
Lightning810$2,000
Tropical Storm600$200,000
Funnel Cloud400
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Frost/Freeze300
Ice Storm200
Waterspout100

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 Cumberland County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cumberland CountyEvery warning in Cumberland 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.