Storm records

Storm Records: North Atlantic Coastal Waters

14,669 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in North Atlantic Coastal Waters: its floods, heat, cold, winter storms, hail, wind, lightning and tornadoes, year by year and county by county, each episode with its narrative.

The worst in North Atlantic Coastal Waters on the map

The deadliest and costliest episodes on record here, colored by kind of event.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The record

Events
14,669
Deaths
31
Injuries
35
Damage
$532,000

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

Tap a year for every episode in it.

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.

Deaths each year

By kind of event

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Marine Thunderstorm Wind13,951113$393,000
Marine High Wind21941$88,000
Waterspout18602$16,000
Marine Hail13200$4,000
Marine Tropical Storm13000
Marine Strong Wind451629$32,000
Marine Dense Fog400
Marine Hurricane/Typhoon200

The deadliest

The costliest

Marine zones

The places filed most often, as the offices named them.

Marine zoneEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Chesapeake Bay Sandy Pt to N Beach Md zone1,44700$110,000
Tidal Potomac Indian Hd to Cobb Is Md zone1,30525$50,000
Tidal Potomac Cobb Is Md to Smith Pt Va zone93621
Chesapeake Bay Pooles Is to Sandy Pt Md zone71100
Tidal Potomac Key Bridge to Indian Hd Md zone65200$11,000
Tangier Sound and the Inland Waters Surrounding Bloodsworth Island zone64400$1,000
Mouth of Chesapeake Bay From New Point Comfort to Little Creek, Va zone55700$8,000
Chesapeake Bay Drum Pt to Smith Pt Va zone52905
Chesapeake Bay N Beach to Drum Pt Md zone50300
Patapsco River Including Baltimore Harbor zone46500
Long Island Sound W of New Haven Ct to Port Jefferson Ny zone44510$16,000
James River From James River Bridge to Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel zone39300$7,000
Chesapeake Bay Windmill Pt to New Pt Comfort Va zone35410$5,000
Chesapeake Bay From Little Creek, Va, to Cape Henry, Va, Including the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel zone35000$7,000
Chesapeake Bay N of Pooles Is Md zone30000
New York Harbor zone28500$18,000
Cp Charles Lt Va to Nc-Va Bdr Out 20nm zone28500$7,000
Choptank River to Cambridge Md and the Little Choptank River zone25300
Fire Island Inlet Ny to Sandy Hook Nj Out 20nm zone20520$3,000
Chesapeake Bay Smith Pt to Windmill Pt Va zone19000
South Shore Bays From Jones Inlet Through Shinnecock Bay zone18610$18,000
Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet Nj Out 20nm zone17718
Long Island Sound E of New Haven Ct to Port Jefferson Ny zone16800$10,000
Patuxent River to Broomes Island Md zone14610
De Bay Waters S of E Pt Nj to Slaughter Beach de zone14200$520
Chesapeake Bay New Pt Comfort to Cp Henry Va zone13620$5,000
Narragansett Bay zone12300
Fenwick Is de to Chincoteague Va Out 20nm zone11300
Chesapeake Bay Drum Pt to Smith Pt Va marine10900$25,000
Eastern Bay zone10100
Chesapeake Bay Pooles Is to Sandy Pt Md marine9150
Boston Harbor zone8400
Montauk Point to Moriches Inlet Ny Out 20nm zone8000$110,000
Massachusetts Bay and Ipswich Bay zone7800
De Bay Waters N of E Pt Nj to Slaughter Beach de zone7503
Tidal Potomac Key Bridge to Indian Hd Md marine7300$10,000
Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet Nj Out 20nm zone7325$1,000
Chesapeake Bay Sandy Pt to N Beach Md marine7000
York River zone6900$2,000
Chesapeake Bay New Pt Comfort to Cp Henry Va marine6800
Currituck Sound zone6300
Nc-Va Bdr to Currituck Beach Lt Out 20nm zone6300
Cp Henlopen to Fenwick Is de Out 20nm zone6014
Great Egg Inlet to Cp May Nj Out 20nm zone5930
Chesapeake Bay N Beach to Drum Pt Md marine5701$25,000
Cape Elizabeth Me to Merrimack River Ma Out 25 Nm zone5500
Tidal Potomac Cobb Is Md to Smith Pt Va marine5200$25,000
Long Island Sound East of New Haven Ct/Port Jefferson Ny to the Mouth of the Connecticut River zone5200$15,000
Moriches Inlet to Fire Island Inlet Ny Out 20nm zone4900
Chincoteague to Parramore Is Va Out 20nm zone4700
Tidal Potomac Indian Hd to Cobb Is Md marine4600
Long Island Sound East of the Mouth of the Connecticut River zone4600
Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet Nj Out 20nm zone4510
De Bay Waters S of E Pt Nj to Slaughter Beach de marine4400
Nantucket Sound zone4400$1,000
Cp Charles Lt Va to Nc-Va Bdr Out 20nm marine3900
Cape Cod Bay zone3600$1,000
Block Island Sound zone3500
Buzzards Bay zone3500$10,000
James River From Jamestown to the James River Bridge zone3400
Long Island Sound W of New Haven Ct to Port Jefferson Ny marine3000
Peconic and Gardiners Bays zone3000
Manasquan Inlet to Little Egg Inlet Nj Out 20nm marine2800
Chesapeake Bay N of Pooles Is Md marine2600
Chester River to Queenstown Md zone2610
Fire Island Inlet Ny to Moriches Inlet Ny From 20 to 40 Nm zone2500
De Bay Waters N of E Pt Nj to Slaughter Beach de marine2300
Nc-Va Bdr to Currituck Beach Lt Out 20nm marine2300
Chesapeake Bay Smith Pt to Windmill Pt Va marine2200$10,000
Rhode Island Sound zone2200
Long Island Sound E of New Haven Ct to Port Jefferson Ny marine2010
Merrimack River Ma and Out 20nm to Plymouth Ma and Out 40nm marine1800
Great Egg Inlet to Cp May Nj Out 20nm marine1800
Intracoastal Waters From Schoodic Point Me to Stonington Me zone1802
New York Harbor marine1700
Fire Island Inlet Ny to Sandy Hook Nj Out 20nm marine1700
Cape Charles Light to Va-Nc Border From 20 to 40 Nm zone1600
Chincoteague to Parramore Is Va Out 20nm marine1500
Vineyard Sound zone1500
Coastal Waters East of Ipswich Bay and the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary zone1500
Sandy Hook to Manasquan Inlet Nj Out 20nm marine1400
James River From Jrb to Hrbt Including the Elizabeth River zone1400
Currituck Sound marine1300
Cp Henlopen to Fenwick Is de Out 20nm marine1200
Montauk Point Ny to Sandy Hook Nj 20 to 40nm zone1200
Port Clyde Me to Cape Elizabeth Me Out 25 Nm zone1200$15,000
Merrimack River Ma and Out 20nm to Plymouth Ma and Out 40nm zone1100
Rappahannock River From Urbanna to Windmill Point zone1100
Coastal Waters From Provincetown Ma to Chatham Ma to Nantucket Ma Out 20 Nm Values zone1000
Narragansett Bay marine900
Fenwick Is de to Chincoteague Va Out 20nm marine900
Eastport Me to Schoodic Point Me Out 25 Nm zone941
Boston Harbor marine800
Little Egg Inlet to Great Egg Inlet Nj Out 20nm marine700
Chesapeake Bay Windmill Pt to New Pt Comfort Va marine700
Cp May to Cp Henlopen de Out 20nm zone700
Chesapeake Bay New Point Comfort to Cape Henry Va zone700
Chesapeake Bay From Little Creek zone700
Schoodic Point Me to Stonington Me Out 25 Nm zone700
Eastport Me to Stonington (Deer Isle) Me Out 25nm marine600
Moriches Inlet to Fire Island Inlet Ny Out 20nm marine600
Provincetown Ma to Chatham Ma to Nantucket Ma Out 20nm zone600$4,000
Stonington Me to Port Clyde Me Out 25 Nm zone600
Buzzards Bay marine500
Montauk Point Ny to Sandy Hook Nj 20 to 40nm marine500
Montauk Point to Moriches Inlet Ny Out 20nm marine500
Parramore Is to Cp Charles Lt Va Out 20nm zone500
Moriches Inlet Ny to Montauk Point Ny From 20 to 40 Nm zone500
Rhode Island Sound marine400
Cape Code Bay marine400
Coastal Waters Extending Out to 25 Nm Values South of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket zone400
De Bay Waters South of East Point Nj to Slaughter Beach de zone400
Chesapeake Bay Windmill Point to New Point Comfort Va zone400
Cape Code Bay zone400
Penobscot Bay zone400
Provincetown Ma to Chatham Ma to Nantucket Ma Out 20nm marine300
Block Island Sound marine300
Parramore Is to Cp Charles Lt Va Out 20nm marine300
Stonington (Deer Isle) Me to Merrimack River Ma Out 25nm marine300
Stonington (Deer Isle) Me to Merrimack River Ma Out 25nm zone300
Long Island Sound West of New Haven Ct to Port Jefferson Ny zone300
Sandy Hook Nj to Fire Island Ny From 20 to 40 Nm zone300
Nantucket to Martha'S Vineyard Ma to Block Island Ri to Montauk Ny and Se 20nm marine200
Merrimack River Ma to Watch Hill Ri 25 to 40nm marine200
Stonington (Deer Isle) Me to Merrimack River Ma 25 to 40nm marine200
Coastal Waters From Montauk Ny to Marthas Vineyard Extending Out to 20 Nm Values South of Block Island zone200
Sandy Hook Nj to Fenwick Is de 20 to 40nm zone200
Casco Bay zone200
Little Egg Inlet Nj to Great Egg Inlet Nj Out 20 to 40 Nm zone200
Vineyard Sound marine100
Nantucket Sound marine100
Cp May to Cp Henlopen de Out 20nm marine100
Stonington (Deer Isle) Me to Merrimack River Ma 25 to 40nm zone100
Eastport Me to Stonington (Deer Isle) Me 25 Nm to Hague Line zone100
Merrimack River Ma to Watch Hill Ri 25 to 40nm zone100$2,000
Long Island Sound East of New Haven Ct to Port Jefferson Ny zone100
De Bay Waters North of East Point Nj to Slaughter Beach de zone100
Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island de Out 20nm zone100
Cape Charles Light Va to Nc-Va Border Out 20nm zone100
Chincoteague to Parramore Island Va Out 20nm zone100
Sandy Hook Nj to Manasquan Inlet Nj Out 20 to 40 Nm zone100
Manasquan Inlet Nj to Little Egg Inlet Nj Out 20 to 40 Nm zone100
Cape May Nj to Fenwick Island de Out 20 to 40 Nm zone100
Great Egg Inlet Nj to Cape May Nj Out 20 to 40 Nm zone100

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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.