Storm History: Salem County, New Jersey
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Salem 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
- 887
- Deaths
- 5
- Injuries
- 31
- Damage
- $58 million
- Episodes
- 790
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 | 113 | 0 | 0 | $92,000 |
| Winter Weather | 75 | 0 | 13 | |
| Winter Storm | 69 | 0 | 1 | $2.0 million |
| Heat | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 58 | 0 | 0 | $73,000 |
| High Wind | 55 | 0 | 1 | $355,000 |
| Hail | 51 | 2 | 0 | $6.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 45 | 0 | 0 | $6.3 million |
| Heavy Snow | 41 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 34 | 1 | 4 | |
| Heavy Rain | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 31 | 1 | 0 | $11 million |
| Coastal Flood | 30 | 0 | 0 | $316,000 |
| Flood | 27 | 0 | 0 | $24 million |
| Excessive Heat | 27 | 0 | 12 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Astronomical Low Tide | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 19 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Blizzard | 7 | 0 | 0 | $800,000 |
| Lightning | 4 | 0 | 0 | $101,000 |
| Wildfire | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 3 | 1 | 0 | $5.0 million |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, October 28, 2012
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Hail, August 10, 2008
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2011
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 1999
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 16, 2003
- Flash Flood, August 10, 2008
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Blizzard, February 9, 2010
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Tornado, July 14, 1960
- Tornado, July 20, 1988
- Tornado, August 17, 1988
- Coastal Flood, April 16, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2013
- High Wind, January 18, 2006
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
- Lightning, August 12, 2010
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
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 27, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 26, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Dense Fog, February 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2024
- Dense Fog, September 12, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 5, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2024
- Coastal Flood, April 11, 2024
- Coastal Flood, March 9, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 26, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Coastal Flood, January 10, 2024
- High Wind, January 9, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2023
- Tornado, June 16, 2023
- Dense Fog, April 16, 2023
- Tornado, April 1, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 5, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Coastal Flood, December 23, 2022
- Dense Fog, November 4, 2022
- Dense Fog, October 25, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2022
- Coastal Flood, October 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- High Wind, December 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Tropical Storm, July 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2020
- High Wind, April 30, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2020
- High Wind, April 13, 2020
- Hail, April 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 17, 2019
- Tornado, June 13, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 2019
- High Wind, February 24, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 20, 2019
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 5, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 11, 2018
- Coastal Flood, September 9, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 6, 2018
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Astronomical Low Tide, December 15, 2016
- Flood, July 9, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Coastal Flood, October 1, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Heat, June 23, 2015
- Heat, June 12, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 5, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 26, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 21, 2015
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 20, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2015
- High Wind, February 15, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 15, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 15, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2015
- Astronomical Low Tide, January 10, 2015
- Astronomical Low Tide, January 7, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 6, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2014
- Heat, July 2, 2014
- Heat, June 17, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2014
- Hail, May 22, 2014
- Coastal Flood, May 1, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Coastal Flood, April 30, 2014
- Flood, April 1, 2014
- Flood, March 29, 2014
- Heavy Snow, March 16, 2014
- High Wind, March 12, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 2, 2014
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 28, 2014
- Dense Fog, February 21, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 18, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2014
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2014
- Ice Storm, February 4, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 28, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 21, 2014
- Dense Fog, January 14, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 10, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2014
- Astronomical Low Tide, January 7, 2014
- Strong Wind, January 6, 2014
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2014
- Dense Fog, January 5, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2014
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2014
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2013
- Winter Storm, December 8, 2013
- Astronomical Low Tide, November 24, 2013
- Strong Wind, November 23, 2013
- Dense Fog, August 21, 2013
- Tornado, August 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2013
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2013
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2013
- Hail, June 17, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2013
- Astronomical Low Tide, May 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2013
- Coastal Flood, March 6, 2013
- Strong Wind, February 17, 2013
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2013
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2013
- Dense Fog, January 12, 2013
- Strong Wind, December 30, 2012
- Strong Wind, December 22, 2012
- Flood, December 21, 2012
- Winter Storm, November 7, 2012
- Flood, October 28, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 18, 2012
- Strong Wind, September 18, 2012
- Hail, July 28, 2012
- Heat, July 26, 2012
- Hail, July 24, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 18, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 4, 2012
- Heat, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 29, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2012
- Hail, June 22, 2012
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2012
- Flood, June 12, 2012
- Strong Wind, April 22, 2012
- Strong Wind, April 9, 2012
- Strong Wind, March 26, 2012
- Astronomical Low Tide, February 25, 2012
- High Wind, February 24, 2012
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2012
- Strong Wind, January 27, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 21, 2012
- High Wind, January 13, 2012
- Strong Wind, January 2, 2012
- Strong Wind, December 27, 2011
- Coastal Flood, September 29, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2011
- Flood, September 1, 2011
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Salem CountyEvery warning in Salem 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.