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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near Ridgefield Park, NJ

Hurricanes

3

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 3 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of Ridgefield Park. 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
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6355
2020Fay JulTropical storm4012
2011Irene AugTropical storm6310
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5228
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5832
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6920
1985Gloria SepCategory 18642
1976Belle AugCategory 17541
1971Doria AugTropical storm636
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6341
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6344
1960Donna SepCategory 29857
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5827
1955Diane AugTropical storm4620
1952Able SepTropical storm5832

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s13
1970s11
1980s10
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 Ridgefield Park 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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