Hurricanes and tropical storms in New Jersey
40 tropical storms and hurricanes have passed within 50 miles of New Jersey since 1851, 10 of them at hurricane strength.
- 40tropical cyclones within 50 miles since 1851
- 10at hurricane strength
- 0as major hurricanes
- 5since 2000
2025
- Hurricanes and tropical storms on record, by year
Over time
The strongest storms
| Unnamed | 1944 | Category 2, Cape May |
| Donna | 1960 | Category 2, Ocean |
| Unnamed | 1879 | Category 2, Cape May |
| Gloria | 1985 | Category 1, Cape May |
| Unnamed | 1893 | Category 1, Atlantic |
| Belle | 1976 | Category 1, Cape May |
| Unnamed | 1878 | Category 1, Cumberland |
| Unnamed | 1894 | Category 1, Ocean |
| Unnamed | 1903 | Category 1, Atlantic |
| Unnamed | 1934 | Category 1, Ocean |
| Unnamed | 1859 | Tropical storm, Monmouth |
| Irene | 2011 | Tropical storm, Cape May |
| Bertha | 1996 | Tropical storm, Burlington |
| Unnamed | 1874 | Tropical storm, Sussex |
| Unnamed | 1861 | Tropical storm, Cape May |
| Unnamed | 1861 | Tropical storm, Ocean |
| Isaias | 2020 | Tropical storm, Cape May |
| Doria | 1971 | Tropical storm, Cape May |
| Unnamed | 1897 | Tropical storm, Cumberland |
| Floyd | 1999 | Tropical storm, Cumberland |
| Unnamed | 1968 | Tropical storm, Bergen |
| Unnamed | 1961 | Tropical storm, Bergen |
| Unnamed | 1893 | Tropical storm, Sussex |
| Unnamed | 1882 | Tropical storm, Monmouth |
| Elsa | 2021 | Tropical storm, Cape May |
| Brenda | 1960 | Tropical storm, Monmouth |
| Able | 1952 | Tropical storm, Warren |
| Unnamed | 1949 | Tropical storm, Salem |
| Unnamed | 1856 | Tropical storm, Cape May |
| Unnamed | 1915 | Tropical storm, Morris |
Every county
Counties with any recorded events, highest first.
| Atlantic County | 34 |
| Ocean County | 33 |
| Burlington County | 32 |
| Monmouth County | 30 |
| Cape May County | 29 |
| Middlesex County | 25 |
| Camden County | 25 |
| Cumberland County | 24 |
| Gloucester County | 23 |
| Mercer County | 23 |
| Union County | 23 |
| Salem County | 22 |
| Essex County | 22 |
| Passaic County | 21 |
| Bergen County | 21 |
| Hudson County | 21 |
| Somerset County | 19 |
| Morris County | 19 |
| Hunterdon County | 18 |
| Sussex County | 16 |
| Warren County | 14 |