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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Plainsboro Center, NJ

Hurricanes

1

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 1 hurricane and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Plainsboro Center. That's a hurricane about once every 76 years. The most recent hurricane was Gloria in 1985. The strongest was Gloria in 1985, with winds near 92 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2021Elsa JulTropical storm5859
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6342
2020Fay JulTropical storm5217
2011Irene AugTropical storm6926
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5223
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6343
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6910
1985Gloria SepCategory 19257
1971Doria AugTropical storm6321
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6347
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5830
1955Diane AugTropical storm4610
1952Able SepTropical storm5839

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s02
1970s01
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 Plainsboro Center 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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