Hurricanes near Cape May, NJ

Hurricanes

None major

Tropical storms

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 5 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cape May. That's a hurricane about once every 15 years. The most recent hurricane was Sandy in 2012. The strongest was Gloria in 1985, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

Year	Storm	Strength nearby	Winds, mph	Closest, mi
2021	Elsa Jul	Tropical storm	58	12
2020	Fay Jul	Tropical storm	58	27
2012	Sandy Oct	Category 1	86	38
2011	Irene Aug	Category 1	75	16
2008	Hanna Sep	Tropical storm	52	29
2004	Gaston Aug	Tropical storm	40	52
2001	Allison Jun	Tropical storm	40	32
1999	Floyd Sep	Tropical storm	69	12
1996	Bertha Jul	Tropical storm	69	30
1992	Danielle Sep	Tropical storm	46	45
1985	Gloria Sep	Category 2	98	34
1985	Henri Sep	Tropical storm	40	59
1976	Belle Aug	Category 1	92	60
1971	Doria Aug	Tropical storm	69	12
1961	Unnamed Sep	Tropical storm	63	17
1960	Donna Sep	Category 2	98	49
1960	Brenda Jul	Tropical storm	58	9
1959	Cindy Jul	Tropical storm	52	58

By decade

Decade	Hurricanes	Tropical storms
1950s	0	1
1960s	1	2
1970s	1	1
1980s	1	1
1990s	0	3
2000s	0	3
2010s	2	0
2020s	0	2

From the National Hurricane Center's best-track archive (HURDAT2), Atlantic and eastern Pacific, through 2025. A storm counts when its center came within 60 miles of the middle of Cape May at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

Nearby

Erma, NJ 4 hurricanes
North Cape May, NJ 3 hurricanes
Wildwood Crest, NJ 5 hurricanes
Rio Grande, NJ 5 hurricanes
Villas, NJ 3 hurricanes
Wildwood, NJ 5 hurricanes
Whitesboro, NJ 4 hurricanes
North Wildwood, NJ 5 hurricanes