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Tornadoes in New Jersey

New Jersey has recorded 188 tornadoes from 1950 through 2025, about 2.5 per year over the last 30 years. They killed 1 people and injured 74. July is the most active month.

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Tornadoes per year

96: 296297: 297298: 398399: 299201: 201203: 703704: 204206: 106109: 109110: 110111: 211212: 112113: 313316: 216217: 217219: 919920: 420421: 12211222: 222223: 13231324: 124125: 1251
New Jersey tornadoes per year, 1996–2025
50s: 1250s1260s: 1060s1070s: 2370s2380s: 3980s3990s: 3890s3800s: 1300s1310s: 2010s2020s: 3320s33
Tornadoes per decade (the 2020s are partial)

When tornadoes happen in New Jersey

Jan: 0JanFeb: 5Feb5Mar: 5Mar5Apr: 14Apr14May: 13May13Jun: 22Jun22Jul: 53Jul53Aug: 29Aug29Sep: 20Sep20Oct: 14Oct14Nov: 13Nov13Dec: 0Dec
Tornadoes by month, 1950–2025
EF0: 73EF073EF1: 80EF180EF2: 28EF228EF3: 7EF37EF4: 0EF4EF5: 0EF5
Tornadoes by (E)F rating

Ratings before February 2007 use the original Fujita (F) scale; later tornadoes use the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. How the EF scale works.

Deadliest tornadoes in New Jersey

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
October 27, 2003F0Burlington County0.5 mi30 yd10

Strongest tornadoes in New Jersey

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
June 24, 1960F3Mercer County12.9 mi200 yd00
September 1, 2021EF3Gloucester County12.4 mi400 yd02
September 26, 1977F3Somerset County5.9 mi27 yd00
October 18, 1990F3Somerset County0.5 mi100 yd08
May 28, 1973F3Morris County0.4 mi50 yd00
May 28, 1973F3Morris County0.4 mi50 yd012
July 21, 1983F3Ocean County0.2 mi10 yd00
August 27, 1971F2Cape May County28.7 mi40 yd00
July 14, 1960F2Salem County15.6 mi450 yd06
July 29, 2009EF2Sussex County6.6 mi100 yd00

Most recent tornadoes

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
May 16, 2025EF1Gloucester County8.1 mi300 yd00
June 14, 2024EF0Mercer County0.1 mi60 yd00
August 10, 2023EF1Burlington County0.3 mi100 yd00
August 10, 2023EF1Gloucester County0.7 mi70 yd00
August 7, 2023EF0Hunterdon County0.5 mi150 yd00
June 26, 2023EF1Somerset County1.4 mi475 yd00
June 16, 2023EF0Burlington County3.4 mi200 yd00
April 1, 2023EF2Monmouth County0.1 mi50 yd00
April 1, 2023EF1Atlantic County0.9 mi110 yd00
April 1, 2023EF2Ocean County1.6 mi150 yd00

Counties with the most tornadoes

CountyTornadoes since 1950Per 1,000 sq mi
Burlington County2581038798.5
Ocean County2082484076.4
Monmouth County1583012820.5
Gloucester County15120652173.9
Mercer County14161875000
Union County14352038835
Cape May County11113055555.6
Cumberland County1053623188.4
Hunterdon County1060514018.7
Atlantic County1046582733.8
Bergen County9100042918.5
Morris County950563991.3
Camden County9105475113.1
Middlesex County867055016.2
Warren County643529411.8
Somerset County542880794.7
Sussex County420000000
Salem County431204819.3
Passaic County455698924.7
Essex County361666666.7

About this data

Tornado records come from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database of confirmed tornadoes, 1950–2025. Tornadoes that crossed state lines are counted in the state where they began. Counts in the early decades are lower partly because many weak tornadoes went unreported before Doppler radar and storm spotter networks.