New Jersey

Storm History: Sussex County, New Jersey

1,031 episodes, 1,230 events since 1974

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sussex 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
1,230
Deaths
8
Injuries
54
Damage
$300 million
Episodes
1,031

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
Winter Weather24502
Thunderstorm Wind220225$762,000
Hail13908$359,000
Winter Storm11015$1.2 million
Strong Wind7500$213,000
High Wind5411$952,000
Heavy Snow4304
Flash Flood4100$168 million
Drought3900
Heat3700
Cold/Wind Chill3320
Heavy Rain3322
Dense Fog3000
Tornado2600$14 million
Flood2400$109 million
Lightning1505$40,000
Excessive Heat1500
Ice Storm1400$1.0 million
Wildfire1202$200,000
Blizzard800$500,000
Sleet500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill300
Hurricane (Typhoon)200$2.5 million
Frost/Freeze200
Funnel Cloud100
Freezing Fog100
Storm Surge/Tide100$1.0 million
Tropical Storm100$100,000
Coastal Flood100

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 Sussex County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Sussex CountyEvery warning in Sussex 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.