New Jersey

Storm History: Somerset County, New Jersey

1,009 episodes, 1,258 events since 1960

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Somerset 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
1,258
Deaths
9
Injuries
134
Damage
$805 million
Episodes
1,009

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 Wind22007$4.4 million
Hail13401$2.5 million
Flash Flood13450$143 million
Winter Weather10802
Flood10600$85 million
Winter Storm9411$2.2 million
Strong Wind5500$75,000
Heat5310
High Wind5004$568,000
Drought4200
Excessive Heat4204
Heavy Snow4000
Tornado3608$203 million
Dense Fog3500
Cold/Wind Chill2700
Heavy Rain2500
Lightning2307$686,000
Blizzard800$4.4 million
Ice Storm500
Coastal Flood400$5,000
Sleet300
Wildfire300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)22100$358 million
Tropical Storm200$100,000
Frost/Freeze200
Storm Surge/Tide100$1.0 million
Freezing Fog100

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 Somerset County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Somerset CountyEvery warning in Somerset 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.