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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Cliffwood Beach, NJ

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Cliffwood Beach. That's a hurricane about once every 25 years. The most recent hurricane was Gloria in 1985. The strongest was Donna in 1960, with winds near 98 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5849
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6356
2020Fay JulTropical storm464
2011Irene AugTropical storm698
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5213
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6329
1996Bertha JulTropical storm699
1985Gloria SepCategory 19240
1976Belle AugCategory 18145
1971Doria AugTropical storm635
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6345
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6337
1960Donna SepCategory 29854
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5819
1955Diane AugTropical storm466
1952Able SepTropical storm5847

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s13
1970s11
1980s10
1990s02
2000s01
2010s01
2020s03

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 Cliffwood Beach at tropical-storm strength or more. "Winds" is the strongest it was while that close, over open water; inland it is usually less.

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