Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Woodstown, NJ

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Woodstown Pittsgrov 4E, NJ, 11 miles southeast of Woodstown at 98 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 89°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 43°F and 25°F. July is the wettest at 5.1 inches of precipitation on average and February the driest at 3.1 inches; the year adds up to 46.7 inches over 75 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 55% of the year's precipitation (25.7 of 46.7 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 43 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (17); a normal September there has highs of 80°F and 4.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 35 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 104 nights a year. Snowfall averages 13.3 inches a year, most of it in January and February. That 46.7 inches is more than at 17 of the 51 New Jersey stations used on this site (33%). Mullica Hill, 8 miles northeast, has its own station (Philadelphia International Airport, PA): 44.2 inches a year, 2.5 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 89°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Marcus Hook, PA, 13 miles north, averaged 82°F in July and 39°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from July to August. Sea level at the Reedy Point tide gauge, 14 miles from Woodstown, 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.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 172 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Woodstown: 122 thunderstorm wind reports, 27 flash floods, 13 floods, 6 lightning strikes and 4 heavy rain events. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $7.6 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 89 mph, on August 7, 2020. July has had the most flash floods, 10 of 27. Of the 455 New Jersey cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 100 have had fewer than Woodstown.

Flood insurance policyholders in Woodstown's ZIP code 08098 have filed 12 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $63,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. 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, 11 have fewer than Woodstown.