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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ewing, NJ

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

44 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Ewing, New Jersey since 1851, 7 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 84 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
7

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
37

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
84

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Ewing

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Ewing, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 216 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 964 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 430 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1128 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 866 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3045 miCategory 1 (75 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2836 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 725 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1651 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1317 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1992DanielleSep 2673 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1985GloriaSep 2765 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 4
1976BelleAug 1073 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2263 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2827 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1174 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1554 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3037 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1910 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 135 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 374 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1914 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 364 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3028 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1767 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 420 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1557 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 169 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1668 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1456 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 136 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1069 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2941 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2449 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1141 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2252 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2454 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2368 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 550 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2926 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2626 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3035 miTropical storm (62 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1914 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2835 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Ewing: a hurricane's worst winds sit within a few dozen miles of its centre, and inland cities are usually past that.

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Ewing

By decade

  • 2020s23(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s9
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s11
  • 1970s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s9(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s7
Strongest tornadoes near Ewing, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 29, 2021EF311 mi3.4 mi0 / 0
Oct 18, 1990F315 mi0.5 mi0 / 8
Sep 26, 1977F318 mi5.9 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 1960F33 mi12.9 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2021EF218 mi8.28 mi1 / 2
Apr 1, 2023EF224 mi2.1 mi0 / 0
Feb 21, 2023EF26 mi5.8 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF23 mi6.31 mi0 / 0
Aug 4, 2020EF213 mi20.77 mi0 / 18
May 31, 1998F214 mi5.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 17, 1988F23 mi4.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 1973F28 mi1.9 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 84, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Ewing while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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