Storm History: Morris County, New Jersey
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Morris 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
- 1,332
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 75
- Damage
- $324 million
- Episodes
- 1,053
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 | 233 | 2 | 13 | $1.2 million |
| Hail | 166 | 0 | 1 | $1.4 million |
| Winter Weather | 162 | 0 | 6 | |
| Winter Storm | 104 | 0 | 4 | $1.1 million |
| Flash Flood | 102 | 0 | 0 | $24 million |
| Flood | 79 | 4 | 2 | $56 million |
| Strong Wind | 62 | 1 | 0 | $291,000 |
| High Wind | 54 | 0 | 2 | $2.6 million |
| Tornado | 48 | 1 | 15 | $202 million |
| Heat | 47 | 0 | 19 | |
| Drought | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 38 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 32 | 0 | 3 | $654,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 31 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Dense Fog | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 30 | 3 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 29 | 0 | 1 | |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Wildfire | 8 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ice Storm | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sleet | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 3 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 8 | $33 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 1999
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2000
- Flood, March 6, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Hail, June 20, 1995
- Flash Flood, October 19, 1996
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 16, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Flood, April 1, 2005
- High Wind, October 28, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2011
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Tornado, May 28, 1973
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
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Dense Fog, May 9, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Dense Fog, March 12, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Lightning, August 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 21, 2024
- Dense Fog, October 30, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 10, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 9, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 6, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, June 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 10, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 6, 2024
- Dense Fog, April 29, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Flood, January 10, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Flood, January 1, 2024
- Flood, December 28, 2023
- Flood, December 18, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 3, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 19, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 4, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 3, 2023
- Hail, September 9, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Tornado, June 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Hail, April 22, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 14, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 7, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 5, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 3, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 7, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- Hail, November 13, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Tornado, August 19, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2021
- Hail, July 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Hail, December 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2019
- Hail, March 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 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 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, August 3, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 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
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2017
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Flood, September 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2017
- Flood, July 7, 2017
- Tornado, June 24, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2016
- Flood, September 19, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2016
- Tornado, July 25, 2016
- Tornado, July 14, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2016
- Hail, April 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2015
- Drought, November 1, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 23, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 27, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 31, 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
- 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
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Morris CountyEvery warning in Morris 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.