Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Bloomingdale, NJ

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wanaque Raymond Dam, NJ, 3 miles northeast of Bloomingdale at 245 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 20°F. June is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 48.5 inches over 79 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 48.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 39 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (16); a normal September there has highs of 76°F and 4.0 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 14 days a year, almost all from May to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 121 nights a year. That 48.5 inches is more than at 26 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (51%). Kinnelon, 2 miles southwest, has its own station (Charlotteburg Rsvr, NJ): 52.3 inches a year, 3.8 more than here, and a July average high of 83°F against 84°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 331 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Bloomingdale: 188 thunderstorm wind reports, 72 flash floods, 44 floods, 19 lightning strikes and 8 heavy rain events. They killed 3 people and injured 8, and the NWS estimated $23.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on October 7, 2013. July has had the most flash floods, 33 of 72. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 219 have had fewer than Bloomingdale.

Flood insurance policyholders in Bloomingdale's ZIP code 07403 have filed 90 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $1.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 17 claims (19% of all) and $185,000, then March 2010 Nor'easter in 2010 with 15 and Late winter storms in 2011 with 10. 77% 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, 197 have fewer than Bloomingdale.