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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Oradell, NJ

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

44 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Oradell, New Jersey since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 47 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 0 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
6

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
38

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
47

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
0

2 deaths in all

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Oradell

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Oradell, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 246 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 966 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 448 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1154 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 867 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2011IreneAug 2810 miTropical storm (62 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 733 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1737 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1321 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1985GloriaSep 2744 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2470 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1042 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 3
1972AgnesJun 224 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 289 miTropical storm (53 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1143 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1546 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1261 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3028 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1927 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 125 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 2
1938Unnamed 1938 stormSep 2159 miCategory 3 (119 mph)Category 5
1934Unnamed 1934 stormSep 954 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1938 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 308 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1762 miTropical storm (56 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 46 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1567 miCategory 1 (79 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1665 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1664 miTropical storm (43 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1438 miTropical storm (39 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 143 miTropical storm (54 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2465 miTropical storm (63 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1059 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2938 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2412 miCategory 1 (85 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1145 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2221 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2458 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 561 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2921 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2627 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 30overheadTropical storm (59 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 195 miTropical storm (49 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2825 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 Oradell: 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 Oradell

By decade

  • 2020s1
  • 2010s13
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s8
  • 1980s8
  • 1970s11
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Oradell, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Aug 8, 2007EF222 mi5.87 mi0 / 9
Jul 12, 2006F212 mi10.1 mi0 / 6
Jul 15, 1970F26 mi2 mi0 / 0
Aug 7, 1962F23 mi2.5 mi0 / 0
Sep 6, 1956F28 mi0.1 mi0 / 0
Sep 16, 2010EF118 mi4 mi1 / 1
Oct 31, 2019EF123 mi4.87 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF119 mi2.12 mi0 / 0
Oct 2, 2018EF121 mi4.28 mi0 / 0
Oct 7, 2013EF12 mi1.25 mi0 / 0
Sep 8, 2012EF123 mi4.74 mi0 / 0
Jul 25, 2010EF17 mi0.87 mi0 / 7

The strongest 12 of 47, 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 Oradell 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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