Landfall

Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Mays Landing, NJ

Hurricanes

4

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Mays Landing. That's a hurricane about once every 19 years. The most recent hurricane was Irene in 2011. 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

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5823
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6357
2020Fay JulTropical storm5817
2011Irene AugCategory 17517
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5215
2001Allison JunTropical storm4053
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6320
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6919
1985Gloria SepCategory 29839
1985Henri SepTropical storm4057
1976Belle AugCategory 18657
1971Doria AugTropical storm696
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm5259
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6325
1960Donna SepCategory 29852
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5812

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s00
1960s13
1970s11
1980s11
1990s02
2000s02
2010s10
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 Mays Landing 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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