NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Leesburg, NJ
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
58 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Leesburg, New Jersey since 1851, 11 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 25 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 11
- Tropical storms
- 47
- Tornadoes
- 25
- EF3 or stronger
- 0
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Leesburg
The strongest storm to pass near Leesburg was an unnamed storm in 1944, a Category 2 hurricane with 108 mph winds when its centre passed 71 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1904, whose centre came within 8 miles. The record near Leesburg begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 47 miles away. The busiest decade was the 1900s, with 6 systems, 2 of them at hurricane strength. Of the 58 systems, 12 have come since 2000. Leesburg has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 82% of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site. The highest rating among the 25 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 5 times; the most recent, on May 10, 1990, came within 16 miles. Of the 25, one had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 7 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 9. The most recent tornado was on May 16, 2025. Of the 455 New Jersey cities, 92% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Leesburg. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 12 times since 1987, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 455 New Jersey cities, 99% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Leesburg.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Leesburg
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaSep 2 | 47 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 9 | 21 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2020 | IsaiasAug 4 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | FayJul 10 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 8 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | SandyOct 30 | 24 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2011 | IreneAug 28 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2008 | HannaSep 6 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2004 | JeanneSep 29 | 35 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2004 | GastonAug 31 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2004 | CharleyAug 15 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1999 | FloydSep 16 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 13 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1992 | DanielleSep 26 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (43 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | GloriaSep 27 | 47 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1985 | HenriSep 24 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1976 | BelleAug 10 | 68 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1971 | DoriaAug 28 | 5 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | Unnamed 1968 stormSep 11 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | Unnamed 1961 stormSep 15 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 12 | 61 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 30 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | DianeAug 19 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 21 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormSep 14 | 71 mi | Category 2 (108 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormAug 3 | 15 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormSep 8 | 72 mi | Category 1 (79 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 19 | 44 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 12 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 30 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 17 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormJun 30 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormSep 15 | 8 mi | Category 1 (75 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 16 | 15 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 12 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 16 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormOct 14 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormNov 1 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 24 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormOct 10 | 40 mi | Category 1 (84 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 24 | 58 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 25 | 74 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 11 | overhead | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1886 | Unnamed 1886 stormJul 2 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 23 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 12 | 53 mi | Tropical storm (59 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 18 | 59 mi | Category 2 (96 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 4 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 29 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 26 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormOct 30 | 36 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 19 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormNov 3 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormSep 28 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 17 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 20 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
Strength is the sustained wind on the track at the closest point, which is not the wind felt in Leesburg: 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 Leesburg
By decade
- 2020s4
- 2010s1
- 2000s2
- 1990s4
- 1980s7
- 1970s6
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 1990 | F2 | 16 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 21, 1987 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jul 13, 1975 | F2 | 21 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 27, 1971 | F2 | 9 mi | 28.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1956 | F2 | 8 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 2025 | EF1 | 24 mi | 8.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 2023 | EF1 | 16 mi | 0.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | EF1 | 9 mi | 0.94 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 4, 2020 | EF1 | 17 mi | 4.24 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 5, 2001 | F1 | 21 mi | 3.6 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 16, 1995 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 16, 1995 | F1 | 18 mi | 0.8 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 25, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Leesburg
The Storm Prediction Center has 12 hail reports within 10 miles of Leesburg since 1987, made on 10 separate days. Of these, 6 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 9, 2011. The most recent report is from March 3, 2012. June and August have the most reports, 3 each.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Leesburg
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Millville Municipal Airport, NJ, 9 miles northwest of Leesburg at 70 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 24°F. August is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.6 inches; the year adds up to 43.4 inches over 72 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (23.0 of 43.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 58 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (24); a normal September there has highs of 78°F and 3.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 22 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 108 nights a year. That 43.4 inches is more than at 4 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (8%). Woodbine, 10 miles east, has its own station (Estell Manor, NJ): 50.4 inches a year, 7.0 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 86°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Cape May, NJ, 20 miles south, averaged 75°F in August and 40°F in January over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Cape May tide gauge, 20 miles from Leesburg, has risen 2.01 ± 0.09 inches per decade from 1965 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 20.1 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 120 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42 | 24 | 3.1 | 5 | 40 |
| Feb | 45 | 25 | 2.6 | 5 | 40 |
| Mar | 52 | 31 | 4.1 | 7 | 47 |
| Apr | 64 | 41 | 3.5 | 7 | 53 |
| May | 73 | 50 | 3.1 | 7 | 60 |
| Jun | 82 | 60 | 3.9 | 6 | 69 |
| Jul | 86 | 66 | 4.3 | 7 | 73 |
| Aug | 84 | 64 | 4.6 | 6 | 75 |
| Sep | 78 | 57 | 3.2 | 5 | 74 |
| Oct | 67 | 45 | 3.8 | 5 | 66 |
| Nov | 56 | 35 | 3.2 | 5 | 54 |
| Dec | 47 | 28 | 4.0 | 7 | 44 |
| Year | 65 | 44 | 43.4 | 72 | 58 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Millville Municipal Airport, NJ (70 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Cape May, NJ, from NOAA Tides & Currents. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Leesburg
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 61 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Leesburg: 45 thunderstorm wind reports, 10 heavy rain events, 2 flash floods, 2 floods and 2 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $27.8 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on March 5, 2008.
August 28, 2011: flood 3 miles from the centre of Leesburg — $25.0 million damage.
NWS: “Residents were evacuated along the Maurice River in Vineland and Millville. The Cohansey River also flooded in the western part of the county.”
April 15, 2007: flood 5 miles from the centre of Leesburg — $2.0 million damage.
June 29, 2012: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Leesburg — $750,000 damage.
NWS: “A gust front outrunning a cluster of severe thunderstorms entered near Eldora in western Cape May County at approximately 12:33 am EDT on the 30th. This gust front produced damaging wind gusts estimated from 65 to 70 mph as it traversed eastward across the county.”
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Cumberland County, which includes Leesburg, has been named in 31 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 hurricanes, 6 snowstorms, 5 severe storms, 3 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Remnants of Hurricane Ida, on September 5, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cumberland County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for coastal flooding and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $44.0 million a year, the 20th highest of 21 New Jersey counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.9 million (29%), is from inland flooding.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
What counts as a pass, the distances and the sources: how this storm history is built.
Cities near Leesburg
- Port Norris, NJ5 mi
- Millville, NJ9 mi
- Woodbine, NJ10 mi
- Cape May Court House, NJ14 mi
- Ocean View, NJ15 mi
- Vineland, NJ16 mi
- Villas, NJ16 mi
- Sea Isle City, NJ17 mi
- Rio Grande, NJ17 mi
- Marmora, NJ18 mi
- Minotola, NJ18 mi
- Bridgeton, NJ19 mi
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