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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Ocean Acres, 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 Ocean Acres. 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 storm5821
2020Fay JulTropical storm585
2011Irene AugTropical storm693
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5221
2001Allison JunTropical storm4654
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6310
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6928
1985Gloria SepCategory 19226
1985Henri SepTropical storm4045
1976Belle AugCategory 18639
1971Doria AugTropical storm6917
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm5841
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6317
1960Donna SepCategory 29840
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5811
1955Diane AugTropical storm4654

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
1960s13
1970s11
1980s11
1990s02
2000s02
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 Ocean Acres 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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