Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Carneys Point, NJ

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Wilmington Porter Rsch, DE, 6 miles northwest of Carneys Point at 270 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 84°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 38°F and 24°F. July is the wettest at 5.2 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.0 inches; the year adds up to 50.5 inches over 81 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (26.8 of 50.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 39 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (15); a normal September there has highs of 75°F and 5.1 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 17 days a year, almost all from June to August. Lows fall below freezing on about 87 nights a year. Snowfall averages 12.0 inches a year, most of it in January. That 50.5 inches is more than at 39 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (76%). Pennsville, 5 miles southwest, has its own station (Wilmington New Castle Co Airport, DE): 45.5 inches a year, 5.0 less than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 84°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Marcus Hook, PA, 8 miles northeast, averaged 82°F in July and 39°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from July to August. Sea level at the Reedy Point tide gauge, 12 miles from Carneys Point, has risen 1.55 ± 0.09 inches per decade from 1956 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 15.5 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 93 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 394 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Carneys Point: 262 thunderstorm wind reports, 85 flash floods, 24 floods, 12 heavy rain events and 11 lightning strikes. They killed 3 people and injured 15, and the NWS estimated $30.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 78 mph, on July 22, 2019. July has had the most flash floods, 33 of 85. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 238 have had fewer than Carneys Point.

Flood insurance policyholders in Carneys Point's ZIP code 08069 have filed 414 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $7.0 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Sandy in 2012: 59 claims (14% of all) and $3.0 million, then Hurricane Floyd in 1999 with 42 and Hurricane Irene in 2011 with 36. 46% 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, 317 have fewer than Carneys Point.