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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Monmouth Beach, NJ

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

13

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 13 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Monmouth 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 storm5835
2020Fay JulTropical storm5217
2011Irene AugTropical storm695
2008Hanna SepTropical storm523
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6315
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6913
1985Gloria SepCategory 19227
1985Henri SepTropical storm4048
1976Belle AugCategory 18631
1971Doria AugTropical storm6311
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6333
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6323
1960Donna SepCategory 29840
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5810
1955Diane AugTropical storm4616
1952Able SepTropical storm5859

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s13
1970s11
1980s11
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 Monmouth 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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