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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Point Pleasant Beach, NJ

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

1

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Point Pleasant 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 storm5830
2020Fay JulTropical storm5214
2011Irene AugTropical storm697
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5215
1999Floyd SepTropical storm6314
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6925
1985Gloria SepCategory 19224
1985Henri SepTropical storm4044
1976Belle AugCategory 18632
1971Doria AugTropical storm6321
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6332
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6315
1960Donna SepCategory 29839
1960Brenda JulTropical storm587
1955Diane AugTropical storm4632

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s01
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 Point Pleasant 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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