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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Jersey City, 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 Jersey City. 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 storm5858
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6356
2020Fay JulTropical storm4612
2011Irene AugTropical storm638
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5227
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5831
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6913
1985Gloria SepCategory 18641
1976Belle AugCategory 17540
1971Doria AugTropical storm638
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6341
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6339
1960Donna SepCategory 29855
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5820
1955Diane AugTropical storm4611
1952Able SepTropical storm5838

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 Jersey City 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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