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Hurricane history · New Jersey

Hurricanes near South Plainfield, NJ

Hurricanes

2

None major

Tropical storms

12

within 60 miles since 1950

Close calls

0

hurricanes within 30 miles

Since 1950, 2 hurricanes and 12 tropical storms have passed within 60 miles of South Plainfield. That's a hurricane about once every 38 years. The most recent hurricane was Gloria in 1985. The strongest was Gloria in 1985, with winds near 86 mph as it went by. Most came in September.

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Every storm since 1950

YearStormStrength nearbyWinds, mphClosest, mi
2020Isaias AugTropical storm6342
2020Fay JulTropical storm469
2011Irene AugTropical storm6921
2008Hanna SepTropical storm5227
1999Floyd SepTropical storm5843
1996Bertha JulTropical storm6919
1985Gloria SepCategory 18654
1976Belle AugCategory 17557
1971Doria AugTropical storm6318
1968Unnamed SepTropical storm6358
1961Unnamed SepTropical storm6349
1960Brenda JulTropical storm5832
1955Diane AugTropical storm467
1952Able SepTropical storm5834

By decade

DecadeHurricanesTropical storms
1950s02
1960s03
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 South Plainfield 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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