Landfall

Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Mystic Island, NJ

Hurricanes

4

None major

Tropical storms

11

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

2

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 4 hurricanes and 11 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Mystic Island. 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 storm5816
2020Fay JulTropical storm582
2011Irene AugCategory 1752
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5226
2001Allison JunTropical storm4648
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6318
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6930
1985Gloria SepCategory 29826
1985Henri SepTropical storm4044
1976Belle AugCategory 18642
1971Doria AugTropical storm6917
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm5844
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm638
1960Donna SepCategory 29842
1960Brenda JulTropical storm589

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s00
1960s13
1970s11
1980s11
1990s02
2000s02
2010s10
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 Mystic Island 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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