Storm History: Passaic County, New Jersey
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Passaic 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
- 696
- Deaths
- 18
- Injuries
- 188
- Damage
- $31 million
- Episodes
- 423
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | 167 | 5 | 2 | $9.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 107 | 1 | 8 | $8.2 million |
| Heavy Snow | 87 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Storm | 53 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 52 | 0 | 2 | $116,000 |
| Flood | 42 | 1 | 0 | $9.2 million |
| High Wind | 41 | 5 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 17 | 0 | 0 | $2.6 million |
| Heavy Rain | 16 | 0 | 2 | |
| Blizzard | 11 | 3 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 10 | 0 | 2 | $93,000 |
| Heat | 10 | 1 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 6 | 1 | 4 | $22,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 5 | 0 | 2 | |
| Excessive Heat | 5 | 1 | 166 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- High Wind, December 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 8, 1996
- Heat, July 4, 1999
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2006
- Lightning, September 8, 2007
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2010
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2012
- Flash Flood, September 16, 1999
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Tornado, July 10, 1989
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Hail, August 11, 2008
- Tornado, September 11, 1997
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- High Wind, December 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
- Tornado, October 7, 2013
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2017
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2004
- Hail, June 1, 2004
- Hail, March 21, 2003
- Flash Flood, April 19, 2002
- Hail, July 23, 1991
- Hail, July 19, 1987
- Hail, July 29, 1986
- Hail, May 21, 1985
- Hail, June 3, 1968
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2009
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Heavy Snow, December 13, 2025
- Flash Flood, October 30, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, November 22, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2024
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2024
- Flash Flood, December 18, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2023
- Hail, April 22, 2023
- Heavy Snow, February 27, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2022
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 28, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 16, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 6, 2022
- Hail, November 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 18, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, December 25, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 27, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2020
- Tropical Storm, August 4, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 10, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2020
- Hail, April 21, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, December 1, 2019
- Strong Wind, November 1, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 11, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2019
- Hail, March 15, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- High Wind, February 25, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2018
- Hail, August 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, April 16, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 2, 2018
- Heavy Snow, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2018
- High Wind, March 2, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, February 17, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 9, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 5, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2017
- Flood, July 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 14, 2017
- Strong Wind, March 22, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2016
- Hail, July 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Strong Wind, August 11, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 15, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 24, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 26, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2014
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 3, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 2, 2014
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 18, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 1, 2013
- Tornado, October 7, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 12, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 11, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 18, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2013
- Winter Storm, February 8, 2013
- High Wind, January 31, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2012
- High Wind, October 29, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 8, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 5, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2012
- Hail, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Hail, July 1, 2012
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2012
- Winter Storm, October 29, 2011
- Flood, September 6, 2011
- Tropical Storm, August 28, 2011
- Flood, August 27, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 21, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2011
- Funnel Cloud, April 28, 2011
- Strong Wind, April 28, 2011
- Flood, April 16, 2011
- Flood, March 10, 2011
- Flood, March 7, 2011
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2011
- Blizzard, December 26, 2010
- High Wind, December 1, 2010
- Strong Wind, November 17, 2010
- Flood, October 1, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2010
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2010
- Flood, March 29, 2010
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 25, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 15, 2010
- Heavy Snow, February 9, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 28, 2010
- Strong Wind, December 29, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2009
- Winter Weather, December 13, 2009
- Strong Wind, October 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2009
- Lightning, August 5, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2009
- Hail, June 15, 2009
- Lightning, June 9, 2009
- Hail, March 29, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 1, 2009
- High Wind, February 12, 2009
- Ice Storm, January 6, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 19, 2008
- Flood, December 12, 2008
- Flash Flood, September 6, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 6, 2008
- Hail, August 15, 2008
- Hail, August 14, 2008
- Hail, August 11, 2008
- Hail, July 23, 2008
- Hail, June 22, 2008
- Hail, June 16, 2008
- Hail, June 10, 2008
- Lightning, June 8, 2008
- High Wind, March 8, 2008
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2008
- Flood, February 13, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2008
- Flash Flood, February 1, 2008
- Ice Storm, February 1, 2008
- High Wind, October 12, 2007
- Lightning, September 8, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2007
- Hail, August 3, 2007
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2007
- Flash Flood, April 27, 2007
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Winter Storm, March 16, 2007
- Flood, March 2, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2007
- High Wind, December 1, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, November 8, 2006
- Flash Flood, October 28, 2006
- Heavy Rain, September 2, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2006
- Heat, August 1, 2006
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2006
- Hail, July 18, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2006
- Hail, July 11, 2006
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2006
- Hail, May 26, 2006
- Flood, May 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow, February 12, 2006
- Heavy Snow, December 9, 2005
- Flash Flood, October 8, 2005
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2005
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2005
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Flood, March 28, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Passaic CountyEvery warning in Passaic 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.