Storm History: Somerset County, New Jersey
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 220 | 0 | 7 | $4.4 million |
| Hail | 134 | 0 | 1 | $2.5 million |
| Flash Flood | 134 | 5 | 0 | $143 million |
| Winter Weather | 108 | 0 | 2 | |
| Flood | 106 | 0 | 0 | $85 million |
| Winter Storm | 94 | 1 | 1 | $2.2 million |
| Strong Wind | 55 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Heat | 53 | 1 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 50 | 0 | 4 | $568,000 |
| Drought | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 42 | 0 | 4 | |
| Heavy Snow | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 36 | 0 | 8 | $203 million |
| Dense Fog | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 25 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 23 | 0 | 7 | $686,000 |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | $4.4 million |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Sleet | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 2 | 100 | $358 million |
| Tropical Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 1999
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Flash Flood, October 19, 1996
- Flood, October 28, 2012
- Flood, March 13, 2010
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 7, 1998
- Tornado, October 18, 1990
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Hail, July 26, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2003
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 16, 2003
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2011
- Flood, April 30, 2014
- Flood, May 1, 2014
- Lightning, August 3, 2007
- High Wind, November 13, 2003
- Hail, April 10, 2013
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, June 6, 2026
- Dense Fog, May 9, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 16, 2026
- Dense Fog, March 12, 2026
- Dense Fog, March 7, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Dense Fog, February 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Freezing Fog, January 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Dense Fog, January 6, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Dense Fog, September 25, 2025
- Hail, September 6, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Dense Fog, January 18, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Dense Fog, October 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 28, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 2, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 17, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 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
- Excessive Heat, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, June 14, 2024
- Dense Fog, April 29, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Flood, January 10, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 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 8, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, July 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2023
- Tornado, June 26, 2023
- Hail, June 25, 2023
- Hail, April 22, 2023
- Hail, April 15, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2023
- Dense Fog, February 17, 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
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2022
- Excessive Heat, August 9, 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
- Blizzard, January 28, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 9, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Flash Flood, October 26, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 16, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 23, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 13, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Excessive Heat, August 11, 2021
- Tornado, July 29, 2021
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Excessive Heat, June 29, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 26, 2021
- Hail, April 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 10, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 24, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2020
- Hail, April 9, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 22, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 21, 2019
- Hail, August 18, 2019
- Tornado, August 7, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 18, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2019
- Hail, June 2, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2019
- Hail, March 15, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 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 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 2, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2018
- Flood, April 15, 2018
- High Wind, April 4, 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
- Flood, October 29, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2017
- Flash Flood, July 21, 2017
- Tornado, June 24, 2017
- Hail, May 31, 2017
- Hail, May 14, 2017
- Flood, March 31, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 2, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2016
- Tornado, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 8, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 28, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2016
- Hail, April 2, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2016
- Blizzard, January 22, 2016
- Drought, December 1, 2015
- Drought, November 1, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Drought, September 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 19, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2015
- Flash Flood, May 31, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2015
- Flood, March 14, 2015
- Flood, March 11, 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
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 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
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Flood, January 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Flood, December 9, 2014
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2014
- Hail, July 3, 2014
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2014
- Hail, July 2, 2014
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.