Phillipsburg

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 Warren County, the county that contains Phillipsburg.

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 Warren County, the county that contains Phillipsburg.

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 Warren County, the county that contains Phillipsburg.

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 Warren County.

Mapped by NJ GS (44), NASA (1).

Deadly landslides

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. Sep 18, 2004Flood, Warren$28.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The remnants of Hurricane Ivan interacting with a slowly moving cold front caused widespread very heavy rain to fall during the first half of the day on the 18th in Warren County. Storm totals average 3 to 6 inches with locally higher amounts throughout the county. The torrential rain caused widespread poor drainage, creek and river flooding. Runoff from the heavy rain also caused the worst flooding along the Delaware River since 1955. President George W. Bush declared the county a disaster area. Damage was estimated at twenty-eight million dollars.The Delaware River washed a home from Harmony Township (Warren County) downstream. The home crashed into the Easton-Phillipsburg Free…

2. Jun 27, 2006Flood$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several days of heavy rain throughout the Delaware River Basin culminated with major flooding along the Delaware River from the 28th through the 30th. It was the second to fourth highest crest on record for the Delaware River along Warren County. The crest was slightly lower than the April 2005 flood in Belivdere and Phillipsburg, but the second highest on record (since 1955) at Tocks Island. President George W. Bush declared Warren County a disaster area. Sporadic periods of heavy rain started on the 23rd, but the most widespread and heaviest rain fell from the night of the 27th into the morning of the 28th. Event totals in Warren County averaged three to eight inches, but storm…

3. Aug 28, 2011Flood$12.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Both the Musconetcong and Paulinskill Rivers flooded. The Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area was closed through Labor Day Weekend (September 5th). The Delaware River at Tocks Island had moderate flooding and was above its 21 foot flood stage from 1018 p.m. EDT on the 28th through 742 p.m. EDT on the 29th. It crested at 23.21 feet at 1245 p.m. EDT on the 29th. Farther downstream, the Delaware River at Phillipsburg had minor flooding and was above its 22 foot flood stage from 843 p.m. EDT on the 28th through 1210 a.m. EDT on the 30th. It crested at 25.15 feet at 5 a.m. EDT on the 29th. Farther downstream, the Delaware River at Reigelsville also had minor flooding and was…

4. Oct 29, 2012High Wind, Warren$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Post Tropical Storm Sandy was the costliest natural disaster by far in the state of New Jersey. Record breaking high tides and wave action combined with sustained winds as high as 60 to 70 mph with wind gusts as high as around 90 mph to batter the state. Statewide, Sandy caused an estimated 29.4 billion dollars in damage, destroyed or significantly damaged 30,000 homes and businesses, affected 42,000 additional structures and was responsible directly or indirectly for 38 deaths. A new temporary inlet formed in Mantaloking (Ocean County) where some homes were swept away. About 2.4 million households in the state lost power. It would take two weeks for power to be fully restored to…

5. Sep 16, 1999Flash Flood$7.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Floyd battered New Jersey (especially the central and northern thirds) on September 16th and brought with it torrential and in some areas, unprecedented and record breaking rains and damaging winds. The hurricane will go down in history as the greatest natural disaster to ever effect the state of New Jersey to date. Preliminary damage estimates for the entire state were 1.1 billion dollars hitting Bergen and Somerset Counties the hardest. Manville and Bound Brook were hardest hit within Somerset County. Six persons died in the state; all drownings: two each in Somerset and Bergen Counties, one in Passaic County and one in Salem County. Hundreds were injured. The…

6. Jan 19, 1996Flood, Warren$3.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The flash flooding of the afternoon and early evening on the 19th led to larger river flooding through the 21st. The worst damage occurred along the Delaware River which crested at its highest stages in most places since the summer of 1955. Widespread flooding along the Raritan was described as the worst in Manville since Tropical Storm Doria in August 1971. Damage estimates exceeded $10 million dollars including $2 million dollars at the Delaware Water Gap National Recreational Area. Only one person was seriously injured (hypothermia) in Raritan Township in Hunterdon County. Sussex, Warren, Morris and Hunterdon Counties were declared disaster areas.In Warren County, the break-up…

7. Sep 7, 2011Flood$3.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   One hundred and thirteen homes were destroyed or damaged by the flooding associated with the remnants of Lee in Warren County. About 50 people were evacuated from flood waters. Two homes were destroyed by flooding induced landslides in Liberty Township in Mountain Lake along Lewis Lane. Another fifteen homes suffered major damage, eighty-eight minor damage and eight more were affected by flood waters. Two homes in the Pohatcong Creek Mobile Home Adult Community in Franklin Township were condemned. The Pequest and Musconetcong Rivers also flooded. ||The Delaware River at Tocks Island had moderate flooding, its 6th highest crest on record and highest crest since June 28, 2006. It…

8. Apr 2, 2005Flood, Warren$2.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   For the second time within seven months a greater than 50-year storm affected the Delaware River Basin and its tributaries. But, this time flooding also extended into the Passaic River Basin. In all, about 6,000 persons were evacuated along the Delaware and Passaic River Basins in New Jersey with about 3,200 homes damaged. New Jersey Acting Governor Richard J. Codey declared a state of emergency on April 3rd. Many homes and businesses that were flooded because of the remnants of Hurricane Ivan along the Delaware River, were flooded again. The crests along the Delaware River were even higher than in September 2004 and were the highest crests since 1955. In many places, it was the…

9. Apr 15, 2007Flood$2.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   The heavy rain caused several creeks and streams to flood in Warren County and forced the closure of eighteen major roadways. Even westbound Interstate 80 was closed in Knowlton Township because of a rockslide. There was one minor accident when this occurred. In Blairstown both the Paulins Kill and Blair Creek flooded. There were a few evacuations near the flooded creek and one home suffered flood damage. Paulins Kill overflowed a bridge in the township and forced the closure of State Route 94. Roads were also closed in White, Hardwick, Harmony, Pohatcong and Greenwich Townships. Flooding was also reported along the Pohatcong Creek and the Musconetcong River.|Precipitation totals…

10. Jan 7, 1996Blizzard, Warren$1.1 million

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

105°FJul 3, 1966

All-time low

−15°FJan 21, 1994

Warmest night

79°FJul 15, 1995

Coldest day

2°FJan 19, 1994

Wettest day

8.71 inOct 8, 2005

Snowiest day

30.2 inJan 23, 2016

Hottest year

2012mean 54.6°F

Coldest year

1967mean 49.0°F

Wettest year

201171.72 in

Driest year

198029.82 in

Snowiest season

75.4 in1995-96

Station Allentown Lehigh Vly International Airport (USW00014737), 385 ft elevation, 14.4 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1948 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 Warren 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 USW00014737.
• 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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