Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Belvidere, NJ

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Belvidere Brg, NJ, 2 miles west of Belvidere at 263 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 61°F; January is the coolest, at 37°F and 18°F. July and October are the wettest at 4.8 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 48.3 inches over 82 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (26.6 of 48.3 inches); the other six months are drier. August has brought the most of the 27 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (9); a normal August there has highs of 83°F and 4.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from June to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 135 nights a year. Snowfall averages 23.3 inches a year, most of it in January. That 48.3 inches is more than at 25 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (49%). Glen Gardner, 10 miles southeast, has its own station (Flemington 5 NNW, NJ): 50.9 inches a year, 2.6 more than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 84°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 275 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Belvidere: 226 thunderstorm wind reports, 30 flash floods, 10 heavy rain events, 5 lightning strikes and 4 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $3.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 85 mph, on May 13, 2000. July has had the most flash floods, 12 of 30. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 114 have had fewer than Belvidere.

Flood insurance policyholders in Belvidere's ZIP code 07823 have filed 215 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $3.1 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Flooding in 1996: 13 claims (6% of all) and $89,000, then Hurricane Irene in 2011 with 10. The year with the most claims was 2005, with 51. 20% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 395 New Jersey cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 269 have fewer than Belvidere.