New Jersey

Storm History: Hunterdon County, New Jersey

981 episodes, 1,199 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hunterdon 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
1,199
Deaths
17
Injuries
53
Damage
$165 million
Episodes
981

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 Wind21905$168,000
Winter Weather12612
Hail117014$416,000
Flash Flood11063$15 million
Winter Storm95214
Tornado6021$56 million
Strong Wind5500$77,000
Flood5141$83 million
Heat5100
High Wind4711$717,000
Drought4300
Dense Fog4300
Heavy Snow4003
Heavy Rain3700
Excessive Heat2900
Cold/Wind Chill2700
Lightning1114$77,000
Blizzard800$600,000
Ice Storm600
Wildfire602$55,000
Coastal Flood300$5,000
Sleet300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)203$8.5 million
Tropical Storm200$100,000
Frost/Freeze200
Storm Surge/Tide100$1.0 million
Dust Devil100
Freezing Fog100

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 Hunterdon County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hunterdon CountyEvery warning in Hunterdon 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.