Wind events in Essex County, New Jersey The wind events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 188 wind events on record for Essex County, New Jersey, from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest wind event on record is on 6 Jun 2026.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 43 wind events on record for the county.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
Zone (NWS Forecast Zone): A zone is a geographic area defined by the NWS for issuing forecasts, watches, and warnings. While zones often align with counties, they can also represent smaller or subdivided areas within a county to account for differences in weather conditions, such as elevation or proximity to water. Larger-scale events—such as heat, cold, drought, and winter storms—are typically recorded by zone.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Thunderstorm Wind, High Wind, Strong Wind.

Newest wind events on record

Jun 6 2026

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile NW of LIVINGSTON. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Jul 25 2025

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles WNW of AMPERE. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of WEST ORANGE. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SE of BEAUFORT. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Jun 19 2025

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SW of SILVER LAKE. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Aug 18 2024

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile E of ROSELAND. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Jul 17 2024

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile WNW of AMPERE. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Jun 26 2024

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

At BELLEVILLE. Damage estimate: $7 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles W of LIVINGSTON. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SW of SILVER LAKE. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SW of WATSESSING

May 23 2024

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SW of CALDWELL. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Sep 8 2023

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile NW of LIVINGSTON. Damage estimate: $500

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile E of NEWARK. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Jul 21 2022

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile WNW of NUTLEY. Damage estimate: $16 thousand

May 27 2022

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile E of BELLEVILLE. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Mar 7 2022

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile SE of CEDAR GROVE. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Jul 29 2021

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile NW of GLEN RIDGE. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Jul 6 2021

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile NE of LIVINGSTON. Damage estimate: $3 thousand

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of BELWOOD PARK. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Nov 15 2020

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles NE of WEST ORANGE

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile S of ORANGE. Damage estimate: $11 thousand

Jul 3 2020

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of AMPERE. Damage estimate: $11 thousand

Apr 21 2020

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile W of BELWOOD PARK. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

Oct 31 2019

Thunderstorm Wind70 mph (61 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles W of BLOOMFIELD. Damage estimate: $16 thousand

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Wind speed is in miles per hour, with the knots that NCEI gives.

Wind events by year

Wind events on record for Essex County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3
1960s	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
1970s	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2
1980s	2	1	0	2	4	4	0	2	5	4	24
1990s	3	3	3	0	4	4	9	8	7	3	44
2000s	5	2	4	2	0	3	9	2	16	6	49
2010s	4	4	2	6	3	1	9	0	4	7	40
2020s	4	3	3	2	7	4	1 (part of the year)				24

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

Thunderstorm wind events are on record from 1955. High wind and strong wind events are on record from 1996. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan3 events
Feb3 events
Mar8 events
Apr9 events
May19 events
Jun39 events
Jul49 events
Aug18 events
Sep8 events
Oct13 events
Nov12 events
Dec7 events

Magnitudes on record

Wind events on record for Essex County by wind speed
Wind speed	Level	Events
under 58 mph	below severe threshold	80
58 to 73 mph	severe	94
74 to 95 mph	hurricane-force	4
96 mph and over	extreme	0

Magnitude for wind speeds (e.g., 81 kts, where 1 kt = 1.152 mph) can be estimated by damage caused or measured by official NWS-approved calibrated anemometers. Common measurement types include Measured Gust (MG), Measured Sustained (MS), Estimated Gust (EG), or Estimated Sustained (ES).

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The table has the events with a speed in the record. NCEI gives the speed in knots; 1 knot is 1.151 miles per hour.

Beside the other counties

Wind events on record: Essex County beside the total of the counties of New Jersey and of the United States
Measure	Essex	All counties of New Jersey	All counties of the United States
Wind events, 1955 to 2026	188	7,649	637,939
Events for each 100 square miles	149.1	104.0	18.1
Events for each 10,000 residents	2.2	8.3	19.2

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More wind events on record

Wind events on record for Essex County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
31 Oct 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$12 thousand	0	0	County
8 Aug 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
8 Aug 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
31 Jul 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
15 Apr 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$3 thousand	0	0	County
15 Mar 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$6 thousand	0	0	County
3 Jul 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$5 thousand	0	0	County
3 Jul 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$5 thousand	0	0	County
15 May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$4 thousand	0	0	County
15 May 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$4 thousand	0	0	County
25 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$3 thousand	0	0	County
14 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$8 thousand	0	0	County
14 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$5 thousand	0	0	County
14 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$6 thousand	0	0	County
14 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
1 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$750	0	0	County
1 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
1 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$3 thousand	0	0	County
1 Jul 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$45 thousand	0	0	County
1 Jul 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
31 Aug 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$8 thousand	0	0	County
8 Jul 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$3 thousand	0	0	County
8 Jul 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
7 Jul 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
7 Jul 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
7 Jul 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
11 May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
11 May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	64 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
11 May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
22 Sep 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
5 Aug 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
19 Aug 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
19 Aug 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
19 Aug 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$500	0	0	County
13 Jul 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	49 mph	$3 thousand	0	0	County
16 Oct 2010	Strong Wind	46 mph	$20 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
1 Oct 2010	Strong Wind	52 mph	$20 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
24 Jun 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$750	0	0	County
13 Mar 2010	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
7 Oct 2009	Strong Wind	55 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
29 Jul 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
26 Jul 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$8 thousand	0	0	County
26 Jul 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
30 Jun 2009	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
12 Feb 2009	High Wind	58 mph	none	1	0	Forecast zone
25 Dec 2008	Strong Wind	46 mph	none	2	2	Forecast zone
15 Nov 2008	Strong Wind	31 mph	$750	1	0	Forecast zone
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$3 thousand	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	81 mph	$100 thousand	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	$2 thousand	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
10 Jun 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	$40 thousand	0	0	County
31 May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
27 May 2008	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
8 Mar 2008	High Wind	64 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
8 Mar 2008	High Wind	63 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
21 Jun 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	69 mph	none	0	2	County
16 May 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	63 mph	none	0	0	County
1 Dec 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
1 Dec 2006	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
28 Oct 2006	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
18 Jul 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	64 mph	none	0	0	County
18 Jul 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
12 Jul 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
4 Jul 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
17 Feb 2006	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
18 Jan 2006	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
16 Oct 2005	Strong Wind	41 mph	$1 thousand	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Aug 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
22 Jun 2005	Thunderstorm Wind	61 mph	none	0	0	County
13 Nov 2003	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	1	Forecast zone
23 Sep 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
11 Sep 2002	High Wind	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
27 Jun 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
19 Apr 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	76 mph	none	0	0	County
19 Apr 2002	Thunderstorm Wind	81 mph	none	0	0	County
9 Apr 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
21 Mar 2001	High Wind	not recorded	none	0	1	County
17 Dec 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
17 Dec 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
12 Dec 2000	High Wind	62 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Jun 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	64 mph	none	0	1	County
18 May 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	75 mph	none	0	1	County
2 Nov 1999	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Oct 1999	Strong Wind	not recorded	none	1	1	Forecast zone
11 Aug 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
11 Nov 1998	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
7 Sep 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	74 mph	none	0	0	County
7 Sep 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
30 Jun 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	70 mph	none	0	0	County
30 Jun 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	63 mph	none	0	0	County
31 May 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
9 Apr 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
1 Nov 1997	Strong Wind	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
16 Aug 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	2	County
18 Jul 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	59 mph	none	0	2	County
22 Jun 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
6 May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
6 May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
1 May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
6 Mar 1997	High Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	Forecast zone
2 Dec 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
19 Oct 1996	Strong Wind	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
14 Jul 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
11 Jun 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	not recorded	none	0	0	County
11 May 1996	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
19 Mar 1996	High Wind	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
25 Feb 1996	High Wind	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
27 Jan 1996	High Wind	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
19 Jan 1996	High Wind	not recorded	none	0	0	Forecast zone
21 Oct 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
14 Oct 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
20 Jun 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
4 Apr 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
27 Jun 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
27 Jun 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
27 Jun 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
27 Jun 1994	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
24 Jun 1992	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
24 Apr 1992	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
24 Apr 1992	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
4 Aug 1991	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
23 Jul 1991	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
21 Jul 1991	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
18 Oct 1990	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	20	County
28 Aug 1990	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
1 Jul 1990	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
20 Nov 1989	Thunderstorm Wind	69 mph	none	0	0	County
20 Nov 1989	Thunderstorm Wind	63 mph	none	0	0	County
16 Nov 1989	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
16 Nov 1989	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
26 Jul 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
17 Jul 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	69 mph	none	0	0	County
1 Jun 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	69 mph	none	0	0	County
1 Jun 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
23 May 1988	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
26 Jul 1987	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
19 Jul 1987	Thunderstorm Wind	67 mph	none	0	0	County
8 Sep 1985	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
30 Aug 1985	Thunderstorm Wind	68 mph	none	0	0	County
30 Aug 1985	Thunderstorm Wind	68 mph	none	0	0	County
24 Jun 1985	Thunderstorm Wind	58 mph	none	0	0	County
16 Aug 1984	Thunderstorm Wind	64 mph	none	0	0	County
11 Jul 1984	Thunderstorm Wind	59 mph	none	0	0	County
5 Jul 1984	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
13 Jun 1984	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
11 Nov 1983	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
5 Oct 1983	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
25 Jun 1981	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
22 Jul 1980	Thunderstorm Wind	59 mph	none	0	0	County
3 Jun 1980	Thunderstorm Wind	67 mph	none	0	0	County
12 May 1974	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
17 Aug 1970	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
1 Aug 1963	Thunderstorm Wind	63 mph	none	0	0	County
20 May 1963	Thunderstorm Wind	60 mph	none	0	0	County
31 Jul 1958	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
31 Jul 1958	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County
16 Jun 1957	Thunderstorm Wind	0 mph	none	0	0	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: New York, NY (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Wind events on record for Essex County, New Jersey". https://countyhazards.com/county/nj/essex/wind/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most wind events on record for Essex County?: July has 49 of the 188 wind events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many wind events are on record for New Jersey?: NCEI has 9,644 wind events on record for New Jersey from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Essex County compare with the other counties of New Jersey?: The counties of New Jersey have 104.0 wind events for each 100 square miles. Essex County has 149.1.
How fast is the wind on record for Essex County?: 98 wind events have a speed of 58 mph or more. 4 events have a speed of 74 mph or more.