New Providence

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Union County, the county that contains New Providence.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges in Union County, the county that contains New Providence.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

The drought index is for Union County, the county that contains New Providence.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Landslides mapped in Union County.

Mapped by NJ GS (4).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Oct 19, 1996Flash Flood$4.3 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   On Friday October 18th, a strong low pressure system developed on a cold front over the DelMarVa Peninsula. With a high pressure system in place across Northern New England, the low intensified as it moved slowly off the Southern New Jersey Coast during the 19th.The difference in pressures caused strong and gusty east winds, which transported abundant moisture from the Atlantic Ocean across the region. Heavy flood producing rains resulted with amounts up to 8 inches. Although the rain ended by midnight on the 20th, river flooding extended until almost midnight on the 21st.Heavy rainfall produced serious flooding of many rivers and small streams as well as serious widespread street…

2. Sep 16, 1999Flash Flood$4.2 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Torrential record rainfall, which caused serious widespread urban, small stream, and river flooding, preceded the remnants of Hurricane Floyd, which passed over Western Suffolk County of Long Island from 7 pm to 9 pm on September 16th.Deaths: Flooding caused 3 deaths: 2 in Bergen County and 1 in Passaic County. In Bergen County, a 53 year old man and a 27 year old man drowned in their cars. In Passaic County, an 82 year old man drowned in his house.Property Damage: State-wide, the initial cost estimates for damage to only the public sector was $67 million dollars. For Passaic, Bergen, Essex, Hudson, and Union Counties, the initial cost estimates were $35.5 million dollars. These…

3. Sep 7, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An intense line of severe thunderstorms oriented from north to south developed during Labor Day afternoon ahead of a strong approaching cold front. As the storms moved east at 40 to 50 mph, they produced high winds, large hail, and isolated tornadoes. Wind gusts from 60 to 80 mph combined with hail up to 1.75 inches in diameter caused damage to houses (roofs and gutters), trees, and power lines across the region. The cost estimates of damage included above are preliminary figures submitted by the Union County Office of Emergency Management.In Essex County, the following peak wind gusts were reported: 74 mph at West Orange and 68 mph in Millburn. High winds downed trees in…

4. Apr 15, 2007Flood$2.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A Nor���Easter occurred during Sunday and Monday, April 15th and 16th. It brought heavy rain that caused widespread and significant river, stream, and urban flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas. Significant river flooding lasted through April 23rd.|Flooding resulted in 2 deaths and in millions of dollars in property damage. Police found a 79 year old man next to his car on a flooded street in Belleville. A 43 year old woman was found in her flooded car when it was pulled from the Ramapo River in Mahwah. Cost estimates of property damage ranged up to $19 million dollars, as provided by the New Jersey State Office of Emergency Management.|Storm Total Rainfall amounts…

5. Apr 2, 2005Flood, Union$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A low pressure system developed in the Gulf Of Mexico and rapidly intensified as it moved north to northeast. The low passed over the Appalachian Mountains and moved slowly west of the local area during Saturday and Sunday, April 2nd and 3rd. Widespread heavy rain along with embedded heavy showers and thunderstorms occurred with this system. Storm Total Rainfall amounts ranged from 1.50 to 3.25 inches. During March 28th and 29th, only 3 to 5 days earlier, another low dumped 1.50 to 3.00 inches of rain across the region as it moved north to northeast along the eastern seaboard. These wet antecedent conditions primed the local area for additional widespread flooding with 3 to 6…

6. Sep 7, 1998Tornado$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An F0 tornado touched down in a highly populated residential area from Northern Plainfield east across Southern Scotch Plains. Signs of rotation were evident in damage to trees and eyewitness reports included the sighting of funnel clouds. The Mayor of Plainfield estimated that the township lost at least 95 trees.

7. Sep 7, 1998Tornado$550,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An F1 tornado occurred across Northcentral Clark. There was significant damage to large trees. A narrow path of large trees were sheared off more than midway down their trunks near the Cali Center at 100 Walnut Avenue. The Mayor of Clark estimated that the township lost at least 150 trees. Based on radar signatures and eyewitness reports, wind gusts were estimated at 110 mph.

8. Aug 7, 2019Tornado$117,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A brief touchdown near South Springfield Avenue and Route 22 in Springfield, NJ. Confirmed by Emergency Management and media. Radar estimated winds of 70 mph with an EF0 rating. YouTube video demonstrates a visual with a brief touchdown. Broadcast media reporting (via CBS 2 New York) showed a debris field by the 21st Century Auto Group shop. The damage included metal scaffolding from a 3 story roof, along with major roof damage to a commercial roof with insulation dumped to the ground, along with solar panels, bricks, air conditioner, and a large transformer. Also several cars that were for sale were damaged, along with the rear windshield of a vehicle. Springfield police said no…

9. Feb 19, 2011High Wind, Eastern Union$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A wind gust to 64 mph was reported in Perth Amboy at 9:40 pm. These winds resulted in downed trees or tree limbs across portions of the entire area.

10. Oct 16, 2019High Wind, Eastern Union$100,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    The broadcast media reported a snapped tree that blocked South Euclid Avenue in Westfield at 1030 pm. Around the same time in Westfield, media reported a tree and utility pole down, and large limbs and power lines down onto a car. Another tree was down onto a roof of a home and branches were knocked down onto a driveway on Tremont Avenue.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

108°FJul 22, 2011

All-time low

−14°FFeb 9, 1934

Warmest night

86°F2 times, most recently Jul 23, 2011

Coldest day

−1°FJan 10, 1859

Wettest day

15.00 inAug 5, 1843

Snowiest day

25.9 inDec 26, 1947

Hottest year

2023mean 58.8°F

Coldest year

1875mean 48.3°F

Wettest year

201169.91 in

Driest year

196526.09 in

Snowiest season

78.4 in1995-96

Station Newark Liberty International Airport (USW00014734), 6 ft elevation, 12.5 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1843 to October 27, 2026; 100.0% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Union County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USW00014734.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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