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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Hackensack, NJ

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Hackensack. 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
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6352
2020Fay JulTropical storm4011
2011Irene AugTropical storm6310
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5231
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5835
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6922
1985Gloria SepCategory 18644
1976Belle AugCategory 17543
1971Doria AugTropical storm639
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6343
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6346
1960Donna SepCategory 29859
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5830
1955Diane AugTropical storm4622
1952Able SepTropical storm5829

By decade

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

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 Hackensack 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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