Storm History: Sussex County, New Jersey
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Weather | 245 | 0 | 2 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 220 | 2 | 25 | $762,000 |
| Hail | 139 | 0 | 8 | $359,000 |
| Winter Storm | 110 | 1 | 5 | $1.2 million |
| Strong Wind | 75 | 0 | 0 | $213,000 |
| High Wind | 54 | 1 | 1 | $952,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 43 | 0 | 4 | |
| Flash Flood | 41 | 0 | 0 | $168 million |
| Drought | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 37 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 33 | 2 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 33 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dense Fog | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 0 | 0 | $14 million |
| Flood | 24 | 0 | 0 | $109 million |
| Lightning | 15 | 0 | 5 | $40,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Wildfire | 12 | 0 | 2 | $200,000 |
| Blizzard | 8 | 0 | 0 | $500,000 |
| Sleet | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Freezing Fog | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Tropical Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2000
- Flood, October 28, 2012
- Tornado, August 27, 2011
- Flood, January 19, 1996
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 16, 1999
- Flood, April 2, 2005
- Storm Surge/Tide, February 16, 2003
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2005
- Flood, April 15, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2008
- Tornado, July 29, 2009
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2011
- Flash Flood, September 18, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 1998
- Flood, June 28, 2006
- Blizzard, January 7, 1996
- High Wind, October 28, 2008
- Wildfire, May 12, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2008
- Tropical Storm, September 18, 2003
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 11, 2026
- Winter Weather, March 3, 2026
- Blizzard, February 22, 2026
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2026
- High Wind, February 7, 2026
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2026
- Winter Weather, January 17, 2026
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, December 13, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2025
- Dense Fog, September 24, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 23, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2025
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2025
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 20, 2024
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, November 21, 2024
- Dense Fog, October 30, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2024
- Hail, June 22, 2024
- Tornado, June 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 10, 2024
- Dense Fog, May 6, 2024
- Dense Fog, April 29, 2024
- High Wind, March 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2024
- Dense Fog, January 24, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2024
- Winter Weather, January 15, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2024
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 2, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 19, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 4, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 4, 2023
- Dense Fog, October 3, 2023
- Hail, September 9, 2023
- Hail, September 8, 2023
- Hail, September 7, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2023
- Dense Fog, July 25, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2023
- Dense Fog, July 16, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 14, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Tornado, June 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 26, 2023
- Hail, April 22, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 14, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 7, 2023
- High Wind, March 7, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 27, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, January 23, 2023
- Dense Fog, January 5, 2023
- Dense Fog, December 31, 2022
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2022
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2022
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 23, 2022
- Winter Storm, March 12, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Ice Storm, February 24, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 13, 2022
- Winter Weather, February 4, 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
- Winter Weather, December 27, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2021
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2021
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 16, 2021
- Hail, July 12, 2021
- Hail, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2021
- Hail, June 14, 2021
- Hail, June 4, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 18, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 31, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 15, 2020
- Hail, August 25, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2020
- Tornado, August 4, 2020
- Hail, July 22, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2020
- Hail, June 28, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 2020
- High Wind, February 7, 2020
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 25, 2020
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2020
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2019
- Winter Weather, November 18, 2019
- Tornado, October 31, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 2019
- Hail, July 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2019
- Hail, June 29, 2019
- Tornado, May 28, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 19, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 3, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 1, 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 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, January 8, 2019
- Winter Weather, December 16, 2018
- Winter Storm, November 15, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 2, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2018
- Excessive Heat, July 1, 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 Weather, February 23, 2018
- Winter Storm, February 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2018
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2018
- Blizzard, January 4, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2017
- Strong Wind, October 24, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 1, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Blizzard, March 14, 2017
- Winter Weather, March 10, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 1, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2017
- High Wind, February 13, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 9, 2017
- Coastal Flood, January 23, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 3, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 29, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 26, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 17, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 11, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 10, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 6, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 5, 2016
- Heavy Snow, November 20, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 14, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 16, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 30, 2016
- Flood, July 28, 2016
- Tornado, July 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2016
- Winter Weather, April 4, 2016
- Hail, April 2, 2016
- Flash Flood, February 24, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 23, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2016
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2016
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2016
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 4, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 28, 2015
- Drought, December 1, 2015
- Drought, November 1, 2015
- Drought, October 1, 2015
- Flash Flood, July 26, 2015
- Excessive Heat, July 19, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2015
- Wildfire, May 12, 2015
- Strong Wind, April 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 31, 2015
- Heavy Snow, March 20, 2015
- Winter Weather, March 14, 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
- 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
- Strong Wind, February 12, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 8, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 5, 2015
- Strong Wind, February 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 29, 2015
- Heavy Snow, January 26, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 23, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 18, 2015
- Winter Weather, January 12, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Strong Wind, January 4, 2015
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.