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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Oceanport, NJ

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

53 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Oceanport, New Jersey since 1851, 11 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 33 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
11

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
42

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
33

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Oceanport

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Oceanport, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 24 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 935 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 468 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1115 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 836 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3062 miCategory 1 (81 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 284 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 7overheadTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2004CharleyAug 1559 miTropical storm (39 mph)Category 4
1999FloydSep 1615 miTropical storm (59 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1312 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2727 miCategory 1 (89 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2449 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1032 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 2224 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2810 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1133 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1521 miTropical storm (62 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1240 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 303 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1917 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 159 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormOct 2174 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormSep 1552 miCategory 2 (104 mph)Category 5
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 359 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2159 miCategory 3 (121 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 843 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 192 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3010 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1735 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 442 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
1908Unnamed 1908 stormMay 3073 miTropical storm (45 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1533 miCategory 1 (78 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1651 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1637 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1416 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 169 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2441 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1035 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2969 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 246 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1113 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2263 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2427 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1963 miCategory 1 (91 mph)Category 3
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 526 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 296 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 264 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 307 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1924 miTropical storm (51 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormNov 358 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 28overheadTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2061 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 Oceanport: 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 Oceanport

By decade

  • 2020s6
  • 2010s5
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s6
  • 1980s4
  • 1970s1
  • 1960s3
  • 1950s4
Strongest tornadoes near Oceanport, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Apr 1, 2023EF214 mi0.14 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF218 mi1.59 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF222 mi2.1 mi0 / 0
Aug 8, 2007EF222 mi5.87 mi0 / 9
May 27, 2001F216 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Oct 16, 1955F2in town3.8 mi0 / 0
Sep 8, 2012EF116 mi4.74 mi0 / 0
Oct 28, 1995F120 mi1.6 mi0 / 0
Jul 31, 1992F118 mi1.2 mi0 / 0
Oct 5, 1985F124 mi12 mi0 / 8
Jun 21, 1981F120 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Jul 7, 1976F125 mi3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 33, 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 Oceanport 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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