NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Pomona, 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
62 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Pomona, New Jersey since 1851, 11 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 22 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 11
- Tropical storms
- 51
- Tornadoes
- 22
- EF3 or stronger
- 1
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
no recorded deaths
What the records show for Pomona
The strongest storm to pass near Pomona was an unnamed storm in 1944, a Category 2 hurricane with 107 mph winds when its centre passed 56 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Sandy in 2012, whose centre came within 2 miles. The record near Pomona begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 40 miles away. The 1900s and the 2000s were the busiest decades, with 6 systems each. Of the 62 systems, 14 have come since 2000. Pomona has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 82% of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site. The strongest of the 22 tornadoes within 25 miles was an F3 on July 21, 1983; its path came within 19 miles. Of the 22, none had a path within 5 miles of the city centre, and 9 have come since 2000. August has had the most tornadoes, 7. The most recent tornado was on May 16, 2025. Of the 455 New Jersey cities, 95% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Pomona. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 35 times since 1974, with stones up to 2 inches (hen egg size). Of the 455 New Jersey cities, 77% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Pomona.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Pomona
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaSep 2 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 9 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2020 | IsaiasAug 4 | 64 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | FayJul 10 | 9 mi | Tropical storm (51 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 8 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | SandyOct 30 | 2 mi | Category 1 (81 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2011 | IreneAug 28 | 10 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2008 | HannaSep 6 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2005 | Twenty-TwoOct 14 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2004 | JeanneSep 29 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2004 | GastonAug 31 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2004 | CharleyAug 15 | 41 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2001 | AllisonJun 17 | 49 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1999 | FloydSep 16 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 13 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1992 | DanielleSep 26 | 69 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | GloriaSep 27 | 32 mi | Category 1 (93 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1985 | HenriSep 24 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1976 | BelleAug 10 | 49 mi | Category 1 (86 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1972 | AgnesJun 22 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1971 | DoriaAug 28 | 8 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | Unnamed 1968 stormSep 11 | 51 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | Unnamed 1961 stormSep 15 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 12 | 46 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 30 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1959 | CindyJul 11 | 70 mi | Tropical storm (55 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1955 | DianeAug 19 | 66 mi | Tropical storm (44 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 21 | 48 mi | Tropical storm (49 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormSep 14 | 56 mi | Category 2 (107 mph) | Category 5 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormAug 3 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormSep 8 | 55 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 19 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 12 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 30 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 17 | 23 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1907 | Unnamed 1907 stormJun 30 | 65 mi | Tropical storm (47 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormSep 15 | 6 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 16 | 11 mi | Category 1 (78 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormOct 12 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 16 | 24 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormOct 14 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 24 | 45 mi | Tropical storm (64 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormOct 10 | 29 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormSep 30 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 24 | 35 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1889 | Unnamed 1889 stormSep 25 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 11 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 24 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 12 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1881 | Unnamed 1881 stormSep 10 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 18 | 50 mi | Category 1 (94 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 5 | 1 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 29 | 17 mi | Tropical storm (62 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 26 | 19 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormOct 30 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 19 | 22 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormNov 3 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormSep 28 | 6 mi | Tropical storm (67 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 17 | 61 mi | Tropical storm (70 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 20 | 35 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 Pomona: 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 Pomona
By decade
- 2020s7
- 2010s1
- 2000s1
- 1990s4
- 1980s6(1 EF3+)
- 1970s2
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 1983 | F3 | 19 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 20, 1999 | F2 | 17 mi | 0.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 21, 1993 | F2 | 17 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 21, 1987 | F2 | 10 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Aug 27, 1971 | F2 | 17 mi | 28.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Nov 4, 1970 | F2 | 10 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 6, 1956 | F2 | 22 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 2025 | EF1 | 19 mi | 8.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 2023 | EF1 | 15 mi | 0.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 29, 2021 | EF1 | 22 mi | 6.52 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | EF1 | 22 mi | 0.94 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 4, 2020 | EF1 | 22 mi | 3.32 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 22, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Pomona
The Storm Prediction Center has 35 hail reports within 10 miles of Pomona since 1974, made on 25 separate days. Of these, 14 were 1 inch across or larger, and one reached 2 inches. The largest, 2 inches (hen egg size), fell on June 3, 1980. The most recent report is from July 21, 2021. June has the most reports, 16.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Pomona
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Atlantic City International Airport, NJ, 3 miles south of Pomona at 60 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 43°F and 25°F. August is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.2 inches; the year adds up to 46.0 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 52% of the year's precipitation (23.8 of 46.0 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 62 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (26); a normal September there has highs of 79°F and 3.6 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 23 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 101 nights a year. Snowfall averages 17.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 46.0 inches is more than at 13 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (25%). Atlantic City, 10 miles southeast, has its own station (Atlantic City, NJ): 43.8 inches a year, 2.2 less than here, and a July average high of 80°F against 87°F.
Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Atlantic City, NJ, 12 miles southeast, 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, 12 miles from Pomona, 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.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in | Water °F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 43 | 25 | 3.4 | 6 | 5.7 | 41 |
| Feb | 46 | 26 | 3.2 | 6 | 5.9 | 40 |
| Mar | 53 | 33 | 4.5 | 7 | 2.2 | 44 |
| Apr | 63 | 42 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.3 | 51 |
| May | 73 | 51 | 3.3 | 6 | 0.0 | 58 |
| Jun | 82 | 61 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.0 | 64 |
| Jul | 87 | 67 | 4.5 | 6 | 0.0 | 69 |
| Aug | 85 | 65 | 4.6 | 6 | 0.0 | 72 |
| Sep | 79 | 58 | 3.6 | 6 | 0.0 | 72 |
| Oct | 68 | 46 | 4.1 | 6 | 0.0 | 65 |
| Nov | 57 | 37 | 3.4 | 6 | 0.1 | 55 |
| Dec | 48 | 29 | 4.5 | 7 | 3.2 | 45 |
| Year | 65 | 45 | 46.0 | 75 | 17.4 | 56 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Atlantic City International Airport, NJ (60 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.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near Pomona
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 110 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Pomona: 62 thunderstorm wind reports, 18 flash floods, 14 heavy rain events, 10 lightning strikes and 6 floods. They killed 0 people and injured 13, and the NWS estimated $2.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on October 14, 2003. August has had the most flash floods, 9 of 18. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 57 have had fewer than Pomona.
June 7, 2012: lightning strike 2 miles from the centre of Pomona — 10 injured.
August 2, 2009: lightning strike 8 miles from the centre of Pomona — 2 injured.
July 19, 2017: lightning strike 9 miles from the centre of Pomona — 1 injured.
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
Atlantic County, which includes Pomona, has been named in 36 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 25 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 hurricanes, 8 severe storms, 6 snowstorms, 4 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Remnants of Hurricane Ida, on September 5, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Atlantic County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for coastal flooding and strong wind; Relatively High for hurricanes and lightning; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes and hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $123.3 million a year, the 13th highest of 21 New Jersey counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $50.2 million (41%), 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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