New Jersey

Storm History: Monmouth County, New Jersey

1,172 episodes, 2,190 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Monmouth 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
2,190
Deaths
43
Injuries
599
Damage
$12 billion
Episodes
1,172

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 Wind249440$1.7 million
Coastal Flood20110$18 million
Hail18728$13 million
Strong Wind16610$562,000
Winter Storm14709$3.1 million
High Wind13305$2.2 million
Winter Weather12707
Flash Flood12412$16 million
Heat964131
Tornado87039$22 million
Drought8700
Heavy Snow8004
Flood7729$12 billion
Dense Fog6500
Excessive Heat610307
Cold/Wind Chill5107$100,000
Storm Surge/Tide4700$2.4 million
Heavy Rain4200
Rip Current402125
Lightning3433$991,000
Astronomical Low Tide2300
Blizzard1901$900,000
Tropical Storm1100$200,000
Wildfire1000$5,000
High Surf942$1,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500
Hurricane (Typhoon)300$8.0 million
Ice Storm300
Freezing Fog200
Waterspout100
Funnel Cloud100
Frost/Freeze100
Tsunami100

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 Monmouth County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Monmouth CountyEvery warning in Monmouth 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.