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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Glenwood, NJ

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

33 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Glenwood, New Jersey since 1851, 3 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 24 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 2 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
3

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
30

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
24

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
2

9 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Glenwood

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Glenwood, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 272 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 4
2020IsaiasAug 419 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1172 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 2838 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 763 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1767 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1351 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2771 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1976BelleAug 1069 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2215 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2838 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1170 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3058 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1950 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 15 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1949Unnamed 1949 stormAug 2955 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 4
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1965 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 355 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3038 miTropical storm (67 mph)Category 1
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 424 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1652 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1468 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 112 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 297 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2440 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1175 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 225 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2345 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 2
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2951 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2656 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3025 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1925 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2855 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1

Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Glenwood: 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 Glenwood

By decade

  • 2020s2
  • 2010s3
  • 2000s1
  • 1990s7(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1970s3
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s2
Strongest tornadoes near Glenwood, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 31, 1998F320 mi20 mi0 / 2
Jul 14, 1988F37 mi7.2 mi0 / 1
Jul 29, 2009EF26 mi7.42 mi0 / 0
Jun 16, 1974F219 mi2 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 1971F223 mi6.2 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1956F224 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Nov 16, 1989F116 mi9.1 mi9 / 18
Aug 27, 2020EF122 mi2.6 mi0 / 0
May 28, 2019EF124 mi1.25 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF123 mi2.12 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2011EF116 mi4.67 mi0 / 0
Sep 11, 1997F19 mi0.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 24, 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 Glenwood 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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