New Jersey

Storm History: Middlesex County, New Jersey

969 episodes, 1,253 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Middlesex 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
1,253
Deaths
24
Injuries
209
Damage
$786 million
Episodes
969

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 Wind19104$3.0 million
Flash Flood15731$63 million
Hail13209$257,000
Winter Storm8425$2.0 million
Winter Weather80288
Strong Wind6500$130,000
High Wind5604$1.5 million
Heat5450
Tornado51110$51 million
Coastal Flood5000$1.1 million
Flood4270$630 million
Drought4200
Excessive Heat4104
Heavy Snow3800
Heavy Rain3100
Dense Fog2700
Cold/Wind Chill2620
Lightning2403$403,000
Wildfire1800$5,000
Blizzard1210$4.4 million
Storm Surge/Tide818$1.0 million
Astronomical Low Tide700
Ice Storm401
Tropical Storm400$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)2072$28 million
Sleet100
Frost/Freeze100
Funnel Cloud100
Rip Current100

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 Middlesex County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Middlesex CountyEvery warning in Middlesex 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.