NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Vineland, 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
53 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of Vineland, New Jersey since 1851, 9 of them at hurricane strength; the most recent was Ida in 2021. Since 1950, 37 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 9
- Tropical storms
- 44
- Tornadoes
- 37
- 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 Vineland
The strongest storm to pass near Vineland was Donna in 1960, a Category 2 hurricane with 98 mph winds when its centre passed 68 miles away. The closest pass by a hurricane was Sandy in 2012, whose centre came within 9 miles. The record near Vineland begins with an unnamed storm in 1856; the most recent system was Ida in 2021, a tropical storm 31 miles away. The 1890s and the 2020s were the busiest decades, with 5 systems each. Of the 53 systems, 11 have come since 2000. Vineland has more hurricanes within 75 miles than 69% of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site. The strongest of the 37 tornadoes within 25 miles was an EF3 on September 1, 2021; its path came within 19 miles. Of the 37, 2 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 12 have come since 2000. July has had the most tornadoes, 9. The most recent tornado was on May 16, 2025. Of the 455 New Jersey cities, 81% have more tornadoes within 25 miles than Vineland. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 22 times since 1975, 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 Vineland.
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Tropical storms and hurricanes near Vineland
| Year | Storm | Closest | Strength when closest | Peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | IdaSep 2 | 31 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 2021 | ElsaJul 9 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | ZetaOct 29 | 55 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2020 | IsaiasAug 4 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2020 | FayJul 10 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2013 | AndreaJun 8 | 40 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 2012 | SandyOct 30 | 9 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2011 | IreneAug 28 | 32 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2008 | HannaSep 6 | overhead | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Category 1 |
| 2004 | JeanneSep 29 | 50 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 3 |
| 2004 | CharleyAug 15 | 60 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1999 | FloydSep 16 | 34 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1996 | BerthaJul 13 | 4 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1992 | DanielleSep 26 | 46 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1985 | GloriaSep 27 | 54 mi | Category 1 (93 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1985 | HenriSep 24 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1976 | BelleAug 10 | 73 mi | Category 1 (87 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1971 | DoriaAug 28 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1968 | Unnamed 1968 stormSep 11 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1961 | Unnamed 1961 stormSep 15 | 33 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1960 | DonnaSep 12 | 68 mi | Category 2 (98 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1960 | BrendaJul 30 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1955 | DianeAug 19 | 58 mi | Tropical storm (41 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1952 | AbleSep 1 | 71 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormOct 21 | 63 mi | Tropical storm (48 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1944 | Unnamed 1944 stormAug 3 | 30 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1934 | Unnamed 1934 stormJun 19 | 29 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1929 | Unnamed 1929 stormOct 2 | 75 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 4 |
| 1928 | Unnamed 1928 stormAug 12 | 73 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1924 | Unnamed 1924 stormSep 30 | 16 mi | Tropical storm (71 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1916 | Unnamed 1916 stormMay 17 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (52 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1915 | Unnamed 1915 stormAug 4 | 59 mi | Tropical storm (53 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1904 | Unnamed 1904 stormSep 15 | 21 mi | Category 1 (76 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1903 | Unnamed 1903 stormSep 16 | 13 mi | Category 1 (77 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1902 | Unnamed 1902 stormJun 16 | 42 mi | Tropical storm (45 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1900 | Unnamed 1900 stormOct 14 | 52 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1899 | Unnamed 1899 stormNov 1 | 57 mi | Tropical storm (58 mph) | Category 2 |
| 1897 | Unnamed 1897 stormSep 24 | 68 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1894 | Unnamed 1894 stormOct 10 | 49 mi | Category 1 (85 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 29 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (63 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1893 | Unnamed 1893 stormAug 24 | 59 mi | Category 1 (90 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1888 | Unnamed 1888 stormSep 11 | 11 mi | Tropical storm (40 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 23 | 26 mi | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1882 | Unnamed 1882 stormSep 12 | 67 mi | Tropical storm (60 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1879 | Unnamed 1879 stormAug 18 | 69 mi | Category 2 (96 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1877 | Unnamed 1877 stormOct 5 | 13 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 3 |
| 1874 | Unnamed 1874 stormSep 29 | 3 mi | Tropical storm (61 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1872 | Unnamed 1872 stormOct 26 | overhead | Tropical storm (46 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1866 | Unnamed 1866 stormOct 30 | 39 mi | Tropical storm (66 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1863 | Unnamed 1863 stormSep 19 | overhead | Tropical storm (54 mph) | Tropical storm |
| 1861 | Unnamed 1861 stormSep 28 | 14 mi | Tropical storm (68 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1859 | Unnamed 1859 stormSep 17 | 72 mi | Tropical storm (69 mph) | Category 1 |
| 1856 | Unnamed 1856 stormAug 20 | 50 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 Vineland: 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 Vineland
By decade
- 2020s7(1 EF3+)
- 2010s3
- 2000s2
- 1990s7
- 1980s10
- 1970s6
- 1960s1
- 1950s1
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2021 | EF3 | 19 mi | 12.37 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Aug 21, 1993 | F2 | 14 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 10, 1990 | F2 | 1 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 21, 1987 | F2 | 24 mi | 0.5 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jul 13, 1975 | F2 | 12 mi | 1.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 27, 1971 | F2 | 17 mi | 28.7 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 14, 1960 | F2 | 21 mi | 15.6 mi | 0 / 6 |
| May 6, 1956 | F2 | 19 mi | 0.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 16, 2025 | EF1 | 10 mi | 8.09 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 10, 2023 | EF1 | 25 mi | 0.66 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 1, 2023 | EF1 | 8 mi | 0.9 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 9, 2022 | EF1 | 21 mi | 0.26 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 37, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Vineland
The Storm Prediction Center has 22 hail reports within 10 miles of Vineland since 1975, made on 15 separate days. Of these, 13 were 1 inch across or larger, and none reached 2 inches. The largest size, 1.75 inches (golf ball size), was reported on 2 days, most recently May 22, 2014. The most recent report is from April 21, 2021. May has the most reports, 6.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Vineland
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Millville Municipal Airport, NJ, 9 miles south of Vineland at 70 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 42°F and 24°F. August is the wettest at 4.6 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 2.6 inches; the year adds up to 43.4 inches over 72 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 53% of the year's precipitation (23.0 of 43.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 53 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (22); a normal September there has highs of 78°F and 3.2 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 108 nights a year. That 43.4 inches is more than at 4 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (8%). Minotola, 4 miles northeast, has its own station (Estell Manor, NJ): 50.4 inches a year, 7.0 more than here, and a July average high of 87°F against 86°F.
Sea level at the Reedy Point tide gauge, 31 miles from Vineland, has risen 1.55 ± 0.09 inches per decade from 1956 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 15.5 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 93 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 42 | 24 | 3.1 | 5 |
| Feb | 45 | 25 | 2.6 | 5 |
| Mar | 52 | 31 | 4.1 | 7 |
| Apr | 64 | 41 | 3.5 | 7 |
| May | 73 | 50 | 3.1 | 7 |
| Jun | 82 | 60 | 3.9 | 6 |
| Jul | 86 | 66 | 4.3 | 7 |
| Aug | 84 | 64 | 4.6 | 6 |
| Sep | 78 | 57 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Oct | 67 | 45 | 3.8 | 5 |
| Nov | 56 | 35 | 3.2 | 5 |
| Dec | 47 | 28 | 4.0 | 7 |
| Year | 65 | 44 | 43.4 | 72 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Millville Municipal Airport, NJ (70 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. 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 Vineland
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 185 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Vineland: 96 thunderstorm wind reports, 34 floods, 32 heavy rain events, 20 flash floods and 3 lightning strikes. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $56.3 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 100 mph, on May 16, 2025. August has had the most flash floods, 11 of 20. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 62 have had fewer than Vineland.
August 12, 2014: flash flood 7 miles from the centre of Vineland — 1 injured, $250,000 damage.
August 28, 2011: flood 1 mile from the centre of Vineland — $30.0 million damage.
NWS: “Flooding along the Mullica and Great Egg Rivers threatened about 100,000 county residents. Flooding forced the evacuation of 102 residents of a senior mobile home development in Buena Vista Township.”
June 29, 2012: thunderstorm wind 5 miles from the centre of Vineland — $13.3 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 Vineland's 2 ZIP codes have filed 67 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $627,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irene in 2011: 23 claims (34% of all) and $283,000. 58% 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, 174 have fewer than Vineland.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane Irene2011 | 23 | $283,000 |
Cumberland County, which includes Vineland, has been named in 31 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1965, 20 of them major disasters (by incident: 10 hurricanes, 6 snowstorms, 5 severe storms, 3 floods). The latest major disaster declaration was Remnants of Hurricane Ida, on September 5, 2021. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cumberland County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for coastal flooding and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for hurricanes, lightning and heat waves; Relatively Low for tornadoes, hail and inland flooding. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $44.0 million a year, the 20th highest of 21 New Jersey counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $12.9 million (29%), 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.
Cities near Vineland
- Minotola, NJ4 mi
- Newfield, NJ5 mi
- Millville, NJ7 mi
- Franklinville, NJ10 mi
- Pittsgrove, NJ10 mi
- Williamstown, NJ12 mi
- Clayton, NJ13 mi
- Bridgeton, NJ13 mi
- Monroeville, NJ13 mi
- Mays Landing, NJ13 mi
- Hammonton, NJ16 mi
- Leesburg, NJ16 mi
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