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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.

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, 36 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 1 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
9

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
44

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
36

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
1

no recorded deaths

Tropical storms and hurricanes near Vineland

Tropical systems that passed within 75 miles of Vineland, New Jersey, newest first
YearStormClosestStrength when closestPeak
2021IdaSep 231 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
2021ElsaJul 933 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 1
2020ZetaOct 2955 miTropical storm (52 mph)Category 3
2020IsaiasAug 442 miTropical storm (66 mph)Category 1
2020FayJul 1033 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
2013AndreaJun 840 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
2012SandyOct 309 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 3
2011IreneAug 2832 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
2008HannaSep 6overheadTropical storm (52 mph)Category 1
2004JeanneSep 2950 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 3
2004CharleyAug 1560 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 4
1999FloydSep 1634 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 4
1996BerthaJul 134 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1992DanielleSep 2646 miTropical storm (41 mph)Tropical storm
1985GloriaSep 2754 miCategory 1 (93 mph)Category 4
1985HenriSep 2472 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1976BelleAug 1073 miCategory 1 (87 mph)Category 3
1971DoriaAug 2814 miTropical storm (55 mph)Tropical storm
1968Unnamed 1968 stormSep 1175 miTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1961Unnamed 1961 stormSep 1533 miTropical storm (60 mph)Tropical storm
1960DonnaSep 1268 miCategory 2 (98 mph)Category 4
1960BrendaJul 3016 miTropical storm (58 mph)Tropical storm
1955DianeAug 1958 miTropical storm (41 mph)Category 2
1952AbleSep 171 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1944Unnamed 1944 stormOct 2163 miTropical storm (48 mph)Category 4
1944Unnamed 1944 stormAug 330 miTropical storm (40 mph)Category 1
1934Unnamed 1934 stormJun 1929 miTropical storm (46 mph)Category 2
1929Unnamed 1929 stormOct 275 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 4
1928Unnamed 1928 stormAug 1273 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 2
1924Unnamed 1924 stormSep 3016 miTropical storm (71 mph)Category 1
1916Unnamed 1916 stormMay 1742 miTropical storm (52 mph)Tropical storm
1915Unnamed 1915 stormAug 459 miTropical storm (53 mph)Category 1
1904Unnamed 1904 stormSep 1521 miCategory 1 (76 mph)Category 1
1903Unnamed 1903 stormSep 1613 miCategory 1 (77 mph)Category 2
1902Unnamed 1902 stormJun 1642 miTropical storm (45 mph)Tropical storm
1900Unnamed 1900 stormOct 1452 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1899Unnamed 1899 stormNov 157 miTropical storm (58 mph)Category 2
1897Unnamed 1897 stormSep 2468 miTropical storm (66 mph)Tropical storm
1894Unnamed 1894 stormOct 1049 miCategory 1 (85 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2972 miTropical storm (63 mph)Category 3
1893Unnamed 1893 stormAug 2459 miCategory 1 (90 mph)Category 3
1888Unnamed 1888 stormSep 1111 miTropical storm (40 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 2326 miTropical storm (46 mph)Tropical storm
1882Unnamed 1882 stormSep 1267 miTropical storm (60 mph)Category 3
1879Unnamed 1879 stormAug 1869 miCategory 2 (96 mph)Category 3
1877Unnamed 1877 stormOct 513 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 3
1874Unnamed 1874 stormSep 293 miTropical storm (61 mph)Category 1
1872Unnamed 1872 stormOct 26overheadTropical storm (46 mph)Category 1
1866Unnamed 1866 stormOct 3039 miTropical storm (66 mph)Tropical storm
1863Unnamed 1863 stormSep 19overheadTropical storm (54 mph)Tropical storm
1861Unnamed 1861 stormSep 2814 miTropical storm (68 mph)Category 1
1859Unnamed 1859 stormSep 1772 miTropical storm (69 mph)Category 1
1856Unnamed 1856 stormAug 2050 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 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

  • 2020s6(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s3
  • 2000s2
  • 1990s7
  • 1980s10
  • 1970s6
  • 1960s1
  • 1950s1
Strongest tornadoes near Vineland, New Jersey
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Sep 1, 2021EF319 mi12.37 mi0 / 2
Aug 21, 1993F214 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
May 10, 1990F21 mi0.5 mi0 / 0
Jul 21, 1987F224 mi0.5 mi0 / 3
Jul 13, 1975F212 mi1.5 mi0 / 0
Aug 27, 1971F217 mi28.7 mi0 / 0
Jul 14, 1960F221 mi15.6 mi0 / 6
May 6, 1956F219 mi0.2 mi0 / 0
Aug 10, 2023EF125 mi0.66 mi0 / 0
Apr 1, 2023EF18 mi0.9 mi0 / 0
Jun 9, 2022EF121 mi0.26 mi0 / 0
Jul 9, 2021EF120 mi0.94 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 36, 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 Vineland 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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