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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Titusville, 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

41 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Titusville, New Jersey since 1851, 6 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 79 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 4 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
6

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
35

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
79

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
4

2 deaths in all

What the records show for Titusville

The strongest storm to pass near Titusville was Gloria in 1985, a Category 1 hurricane with 90 mph winds when its centre passed 68 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Sandy in 2012, whose centre came within 48 miles. The record near Titusville begins with an unnamed storm in 1861; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 19 miles away. Of the 41 systems, 8 have come since 2000. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site, 64% have more hurricanes within 75 miles than Titusville. The highest rating among the 79 tornadoes within 25 miles is F3 or EF3, reached 4 times; the most recent, on July 29, 2021, came within 13 miles. The deadliest, an EF2 on September 1, 2021, killed 1 person. Of the 79, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 32 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 17. The most recent tornado was on June 14, 2024. Titusville has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 94% of the 455 New Jersey cities. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 54 times since 1970, with stones up to 1.75 inches (golf ball size). Of the 455 New Jersey cities, 58% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Titusville.

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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Titusville

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Titusville, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 219 miTropical storm (43 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 967 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020IsaiasAug 427 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1130 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 870 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 3048 miCategory 1 (74 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2839 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 729 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
1999FloydSep 1654 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 1320 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1992DanielleSep 2674 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1985GloriaSep 2768 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 4
1972AgnesJun 2271 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 1
1971DoriaAug 2830 miTropical storm (62 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1558 miTropical storm (61 mph)Tropical storm
1960BrendaJul 3040 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 197 miTropical storm (44 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 131 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1918 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 361 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3031 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1770 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 417 miTropical storm (55 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1560 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 167 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1671 miTropical storm (44 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1459 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 133 miTropical storm (56 mph)Category 2
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1072 miCategory 1 (86 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2938 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2451 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1145 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1888Unnamed 1888 stormAug 2248 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 3
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2458 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1878Unnamed 1878 stormOct 2364 miCategory 1 (84 mph)Category 2
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 554 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 2930 miTropical storm (64 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 2630 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3038 miTropical storm (62 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 1917 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2838 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1

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

By decade

  • 2020s22(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s6
  • 2000s4
  • 1990s16(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s10
  • 1970s5(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s9(1 EF3+)
  • 1950s7
Strongest tornadoes near Titusville, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jul 29, 2021EF313 mi3.4 mi0 / 0
Oct 18, 1990F313 mi0.5 mi0 / 8
Sep 26, 1977F318 mi5.9 mi0 / 0
Jun 24, 1960F36 mi12.9 mi0 / 0
Sep 1, 2021EF217 mi8.28 mi1 / 2
Feb 21, 2023EF29 mi5.8 mi0 / 0
Jul 29, 2021EF2in town6.31 mi0 / 0
Aug 4, 2020EF213 mi20.77 mi0 / 18
May 31, 1998F216 mi5.6 mi0 / 0
Aug 17, 1988F25 mi4.5 mi0 / 0
Jun 29, 1973F28 mi1.9 mi0 / 0
Feb 2, 1973F220 mi0.3 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 79, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

Hail in Titusville

The Storm Prediction Center has 54 hail reports within 10 miles of Titusville since 1970, made on 37 separate days. Of these, 32 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 6 days, most recently July 23, 2008. The most recent report is from September 8, 2023. July has the most reports, 18.

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

Weather by month in Titusville

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Trenton Mercer Co Airport, NJ, 3 miles southeast of Titusville at 184 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 67°F; January is the coolest, at 40°F and 24°F. June and July are the wettest at 4.4 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.7 inches; the year adds up to 45.7 inches over 77 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (24.1 of 45.7 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 41 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (15); a normal September there has highs of 77°F and 4.1 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 97 nights a year. Snowfall averages 26.6 inches a year, most of it in February. That 45.7 inches is more than at 12 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (24%). Pennington, 4 miles east, has its own station (Trenton State College, NJ): 47.3 inches a year, 1.6 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 86°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Newbold, PA, 13 miles southeast, averaged 80°F in July and 37°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from July. Sea level at the Philadelphia tide gauge, 30 miles from Titusville, has risen 1.24 ± 0.04 inches per decade from 1900 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 12.4 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 73 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Monthly climate normals 1991–2020 at Trenton Mercer Co Airport, NJ
MonthHigh °FLow °FPrecip. inDays ≥ 0.1"Snow inWater °F
Jan40243.368.237
Feb43262.768.738
Mar51334.074.045
Apr63423.660.554
May72524.070.064
Jun81614.480.073
Jul86674.470.080
Aug84654.260.078
Sep77584.160.072
Oct66463.860.161
Nov55363.260.549
Dec44294.074.639
Year634545.77726.658

Averages for 1991–2020 at Trenton Mercer Co Airport, NJ (184 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals; water temperature: average of hourly readings 2021–2025 at the NOAA tide station Newbold, PA, 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 Titusville

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 361 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Titusville: 264 thunderstorm wind reports, 42 flash floods, 26 floods, 18 lightning strikes and 11 heavy rain events. They killed 10 people and injured 18, and the NWS estimated $82.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 79 mph, on October 4, 2000. August has had the most flash floods, 14 of 42. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 153 have had fewer than Titusville.

  • July 15, 2023: flash flood 4 miles from the centre of Titusville — 7 killed.

  • September 1, 2021: flash flood 3 miles from the centre of Titusville — 2 killed, $51.0 million damage.

    NWS: “Widespread flash flooding occurred in Mercer County with numerous road closures and nearly 100 water rescues. There were two flood related fatalities in the county, both in Hopewell Township.”

  • September 1, 2021: flash flood 8 miles from the centre of Titusville — 1 killed, $26.0 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 Titusville's ZIP code 08560 have filed 40 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1983, and were paid $1.4 million 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, 122 have fewer than Titusville.

Mercer County, which includes Titusville, has been named in 28 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 17 of them major disasters (by incident: 9 hurricanes, 7 severe storms, 4 snowstorms, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Remnants of Hurricane Ida, on September 5, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Mercer County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for strong wind; Relatively High for hurricanes, inland flooding and lightning; Relatively Moderate for tornadoes and heat waves; Relatively Low for coastal flooding; Very Low for hail. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $176.2 million a year, the 8th highest of 21 New Jersey counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $113.6 million (64%), 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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