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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ocean View, 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

59 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Ocean View, New Jersey since 1851, 11 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 19 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
11

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
48

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
19

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

What the records show for Ocean View

The strongest storm to pass near Ocean View was an unnamed storm in 1944, a Category 2 hurricane with 108 mph winds when its centre passed 56 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was an unnamed storm in 1903, whose centre crossed the city. The record near Ocean View begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 55 miles away. The 1900s and the 2000s were the busiest decades, with 6 systems each. Of the 59 systems, 14 have come since 2000. Ocean View has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 82% of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site. The highest rating among the 19 tornadoes within 25 miles is F2, reached 4 times; the most recent, on July 21, 1987, came within 12 miles. Of the 19, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 6 have come since 2000. July and August have had the most tornadoes, 5 each. The most recent tornado was on April 1, 2023. Of the 455 New Jersey cities, 96% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Ocean View. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 22 times since 1990, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 455 New Jersey cities, 95% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Ocean View.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Ocean View

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Ocean View, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 255 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 99 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020ZetaOct 2932 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
2020IsaiasAug 464 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1016 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 816 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 2921 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2811 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 625 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2005Twenty-TwoOct 1464 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2004JeanneSep 2928 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
2004GastonAug 3160 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
2004CharleyAug 1537 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2001AllisonJun 1770 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1999FloydSep 1611 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1328 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1992DanielleSep 2658 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1985GloriaSep 2732 miCategory 1 (94 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2452 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1053 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 3
1971DoriaAug 289 miTropical storm (67 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1156 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 159 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1246 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 308 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1959CindyJul 1162 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 1
1944Unnamed 1944 stormOct 2138 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1456 miCategory 2 (108 mph)Category 5
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 36 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 857 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1953 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1928Unnamed 1928 stormAug 1250 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 306 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1718 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1907Unnamed 1907 stormJun 3060 miTropical storm (47 mph)Tropical storm
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 154 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 16overheadCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormOct 1256 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1618 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1431 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2448 miTropical storm (66 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1026 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 3
1894Unnamed 1894 stormSep 3067 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2443 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 3
1889Unnamed 1889 stormSep 2562 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 2
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1114 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 232 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1242 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
1881Unnamed 1881 stormSep 1063 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1845 miCategory 2 (96 mph)Category 3
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 511 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2922 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2624 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3022 miTropical storm (67 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1923 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 359 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2810 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1859Unnamed 1859 stormSep 1748 miTropical storm (70 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2026 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm

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

By decade

  • 2020s3
  • 2010s1
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s3
  • 1980s5
  • 1970s4
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Ocean View, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 21, 1987F212 mi0.5 mi0 / 3
Aug 27, 1971F26 mi28.7 mi0 / 0
Nov 4, 1970F218 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
May 6, 1956F27 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF120 mi0.9 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 2021EF15 mi0.94 mi0 / 0
Aug 4, 2020EF13 mi4.24 mi0 / 0
Jul 5, 2001F110 mi3.6 mi0 / 0
Jul 16, 1995F112 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1979F16 mi0.1 mi0 / 1
Aug 7, 2019EF021 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 3, 2003F011 mi0.1 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 19, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Ocean View

The Storm Prediction Center has 22 hail reports within 10 miles of Ocean View since 1990, made on 16 separate days. Of these, 9 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), fell on May 16, 2025, the most recent report. July has the most reports, 9.

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.

Weather by month in Ocean View

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Estell Manor, NJ, 14 miles northwest of Ocean View at 85 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 43°F and 23°F. August is the wettest at 5.5 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.4 inches; the year adds up to 50.4 inches over 80 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (26.2 of 50.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 59 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (26); a normal September there has highs of 79°F and 3.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 26 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 117 nights a year. Snowfall averages 22.0 inches a year, most of it in February. That 50.4 inches is more than at 35 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (69%). Ocean City, 7 miles northeast, has its own station (Atlantic City, NJ): 43.8 inches a year, 6.6 less than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 87°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Atlantic City, NJ, 18 miles northeast, averaged 72°F in September and 40°F in February over 2021–2025. No month averaged 80°F. Sea level at the Atlantic City tide gauge, 18 miles from Ocean View, has risen 1.67 ± 0.03 inches per decade from 1911 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 16.7 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 104 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Estell Manor, NJ
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow inWater °F
Jan43233.876.141
Feb46253.478.240
Mar53315.083.444
Apr65413.870.751
May73513.570.058
Jun82604.170.064
Jul87664.770.069
Aug85645.560.072
Sep79573.960.072
Oct67444.560.065
Nov57353.560.055
Dec48284.773.645
Year654450.48022.056

Averages for 1991–2020 at Estell Manor, NJ (85 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Atlantic City, 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.

New Jersey weather by month, station by station →

Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Ocean View

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 97 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Ocean View: 43 thunderstorm wind reports, 19 heavy rain events, 15 floods, 11 flash floods and 9 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $35.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on October 9, 2007. July has had the most flash floods, 8 of 11. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 22 have had fewer than Ocean View.

  • July 21, 2015: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Ocean View — 2 injured.

  • April 2, 2005: flood 6 miles from the centre of Ocean View — $30.0 million damage.

  • August 28, 2011: flood 9 miles from the centre of Ocean View — $5.0 million damage.

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

Flood insurance policyholders in Ocean View's ZIP code 08230 have filed 11 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1979, and were paid $75,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 45% 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, 6 have fewer than Ocean View.

Cape May County, which includes Ocean View, has been named in 34 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 hurricanes, 6 snowstorms, 5 severe storms, 4 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Remnants of Hurricane Ida, on September 5, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cape May County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for coastal flooding and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, inland flooding, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $99.7 million a year, the 15th highest of 21 New Jersey counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $38.9 million (39%), 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.

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