New Jersey

Storm History: Morris County, New Jersey

1,053 episodes, 1,332 events since 1951

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.

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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 Wind233213$1.2 million
Hail16601$1.4 million
Winter Weather16206
Winter Storm10404$1.1 million
Flash Flood10200$24 million
Flood7942$56 million
Strong Wind6210$291,000
High Wind5402$2.6 million
Tornado48115$202 million
Heat47019
Drought4100
Heavy Snow3800
Lightning3203$654,000
Heavy Rain3100$100,000
Dense Fog3100
Cold/Wind Chill3030
Excessive Heat2901
Blizzard800$1.5 million
Wildfire801
Ice Storm800
Sleet400
Coastal Flood300$5,000
Tropical Storm300$100,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)208$33 million
Frost/Freeze200
Storm Surge/Tide100$1.0 million
Funnel Cloud100

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 Morris County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.