Storm History: Mercer County, New Jersey
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Mercer 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
- 1,167
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 136
- Damage
- $310 million
- Episodes
- 962
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 184 | 0 | 2 | $1.5 million |
| Hail | 126 | 0 | 8 | $2.6 million |
| Flash Flood | 94 | 2 | 1 | $64 million |
| Winter Weather | 93 | 0 | 63 | |
| Winter Storm | 83 | 0 | 14 | $1.0 million |
| Tornado | 71 | 2 | 1 | $80 million |
| Strong Wind | 60 | 0 | 3 | $151,000 |
| Heat | 59 | 4 | 6 | |
| High Wind | 52 | 1 | 12 | $2.8 million |
| Dense Fog | 52 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 50 | 3 | 0 | $122 million |
| Drought | 44 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 33 | 1 | 13 | |
| Heavy Rain | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 26 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 23 | 0 | 6 | $212,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Blizzard | 9 | 1 | 2 | $1.1 million |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 5 | $33 million |
| Sleet | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, October 28, 2012
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 1999
- Flood, June 28, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 12, 1996
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2016
- Tornado, August 17, 1988
- Flood, September 19, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2011
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2009
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 16, 2003
- Tornado, September 23, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Hail, August 16, 2010
- Hail, July 2, 2014
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 episode, newest first
- Hail, June 22, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 20, 2026
- Dense Fog, May 9, 2026
- Dense Fog, April 5, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Dense Fog, March 7, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 27, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- Dense Fog, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Dense Fog, October 6, 2025
- Dense Fog, September 25, 2025
- Dense Fog, September 24, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Dense Fog, May 14, 2025
- Dense Fog, March 15, 2025
- High Wind, February 16, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2024
- Dense Fog, October 30, 2024
- Dense Fog, September 12, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 9, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2024
- Tornado, June 14, 2024
- Coastal Flood, April 4, 2024
- Dense Fog, March 6, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Coastal Flood, December 18, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2023
- Tornado, August 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, July 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Tornado, June 26, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Dense Fog, March 2, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 23, 2023
- Tornado, February 21, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Coastal Flood, December 23, 2022
- Dense Fog, November 4, 2022
- Dense Fog, October 31, 2022
- Dense Fog, October 25, 2022
- Dense Fog, October 25, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 23, 2021
- Coastal Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Tornado, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Tornado, July 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2021
- High Wind, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2020
- Tornado, April 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Tornado, August 7, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Tornado, July 6, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2019
- Hail, May 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2019
- Coastal Flood, November 25, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 25, 2018
- Coastal Flood, September 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 2018
- Winter Storm, April 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 12, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- Flood, January 15, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2017
- Tornado, June 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2017
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Astronomical Low Tide, December 15, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2016
- Tornado, July 25, 2016
- Flood, July 9, 2016
- Flood, June 21, 2016
- Excessive Heat, May 26, 2016
- Hail, April 26, 2016
- Hail, April 2, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 14, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2015
- Drought, November 1, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2015
- Heat, June 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 22, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- High Wind, February 15, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Hail, July 15, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Hail, July 2, 2014
- Heat, July 2, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- High Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 26, 2014
- Dense Fog, February 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Mercer CountyEvery warning in Mercer 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.