Hurricanes That Hit Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey

Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated November 3, 2026

Of the 4 states of the Mid-Atlantic on this page, hurricane centres crossed into 3: Maryland (2), Pennsylvania (2) and New Jersey (1). Counting tropical storms, depressions and remnants, the centres of 89 systems crossed into at least one of them; Maryland has the most (70).

Maryland: 70
Pennsylvania: 48
New Jersey: 35
Delaware: 30

State by state

Map of the 89 tropical system tracks whose centre crossed into Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, coloured by strength along each track.

Maryland: 70 systems crossed in, at their strongest inside the state 2 as hurricanes, 32 as tropical storms, 8 as tropical depressions and 28 as post-tropical remnants. The strongest wind inside the state was 94 mph, from an unnamed 1878 storm; the first on record was an unnamed 1856 storm, the most recent Debby in August 2024.
Delaware: 30 systems crossed in, at their strongest inside the state 14 as tropical storms, 2 as tropical depressions and 14 as post-tropical remnants. The strongest wind inside the state was 74 mph, from an unnamed 1904 storm; the first on record was an unnamed 1861 storm, the most recent Ida in September 2021.
Pennsylvania: 48 systems crossed in, at their strongest inside the state 2 as hurricanes, 16 as tropical storms, 4 as tropical depressions and 26 as post-tropical remnants. The strongest wind inside the state was 89 mph, from an unnamed 1878 storm; the first on record was an unnamed 1876 storm, the most recent Debby in August 2024.
New Jersey: 35 systems crossed in, at their strongest inside the state 1 as a hurricane, 17 as tropical storms, 2 as tropical depressions and 15 as post-tropical remnants. The strongest wind inside the state was 81 mph, from an unnamed 1903 storm; the first on record was an unnamed 1861 storm, the most recent Ida in September 2021.

Tropical systems whose centre crossed into each state
State	Systems	As hurricanes	As tropical storms	Weaker	Strongest inside	Most recent
Maryland	70	2	32	36	Unnamed 1878, 94 mph	Debby 2024
Delaware	30	0	14	16	Unnamed 1904, 74 mph	Ida 2021
Pennsylvania	48	2	16	30	Unnamed 1878, 89 mph	Debby 2024
New Jersey	35	1	17	17	Unnamed 1903, 81 mph	Ida 2021

By decade

26 of the 89 came in the last 30 seasons (1996–2025). Remnants over land were tracked less completely before satellites, so early decades undercount.

Every state: the storms and tornadoes near each city →

How each figure on this page is counted: methodology.