New Jersey hail history

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New Jersey had hail reported on 79 days from 2016 to 2025, about 8 a year, and on 399 days since 1955. The largest hailstone on record in the state is 3.00″ (June 23, 1969). Burlington County had the most hail days of any county from 2016 to 2025 (17).

Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center storm reports. Data through November 6, 2026. Methodology

Report counts rose over the decades as more people and spotters reported storms, so compare recent years with each other rather than with the 1960s.

New Jersey cities with the most hail days, 2016–2025

Biggest hail days in New Jersey since 2016

The largest hail and the biggest storm days since 1955, with radar swaths since 2019: Biggest hail storms in New Jersey history

New Jersey counties

Places with fewer than 5 hail days on record are listed without a link and kept out of search engines.

When hail falls in New Jersey, by month and week: New Jersey hail season

Download every New Jersey hail, tornado and wind report as CSV, by year: New Jersey storm report downloads

All New Jersey cities

Absecon Allendale Asbury Park Audubon Barrington Bayonne Beachwood Bellmawr Belmar Bergenfield Berlin Bernardsville Beverly Bloomingdale Bogota Boonton Bordentown Bound Brook Bradley Beach Bridgeton Brielle Burlington Butler Caldwell Camden Cape May Carlstadt Carteret Chatham Clayton Clementon Cliffside Park Clifton Clinton Closter Collingswood Cresskill Demarest Dover Dumont Dunellen East Newark East Orange East Rutherford Eatontown Edgewater Egg Harbor City Elizabeth Elmwood Park Emerson Englewood Englewood Cliffs Fair Haven Fair Lawn Fairview Fanwood Flemington Florham Park Fort Lee Franklin Lakes Freehold Garfield Garwood Glassboro Glen Ridge Glen Rock Gloucester City Guttenberg Hackensack Hackettstown Haddon Heights Haddonfield Haledon Hamburg Hammonton Harrington Park Harrison Hasbrouck Heights Haworth Hawthorne Helmetta High Bridge Highland Park Hightstown Hillsdale Ho-Ho-Kus Hoboken Hopatcong Jamesburg Jersey City Keansburg Kearny Kenilworth Keyport Kinnelon Lambertville Lawnside Leonia Lincoln Park Linden Lindenwold Linwood Little Ferry Little Silver Lodi Long Branch Madison Magnolia Manasquan Manville Matawan Maywood Medford Lakes Mendham Merchantville Metuchen Middlesex Midland Park Milltown Monmouth Beach Montvale Moonachie Morris Plains Morristown Mount Arlington Mount Ephraim Mountain Lakes Mountainside National Park Neptune City Netcong New Brunswick New Milford New Providence Newark Newton North Arlington North Caldwell North Haledon North Plainfield Northfield Northvale Norwood Oakland Oaklyn Ocean City Oceanport Old Tappan Oradell Palisades Park Palmyra Paramus Park Ridge Passaic Paterson Paulsboro Peapack and Gladstone Pennington Penns Grove Perth Amboy Phillipsburg Pine Hill Pitman Plainfield Pleasantville Point Pleasant Point Pleasant Beach Pompton Lakes Princeton Prospect Park Rahway Ramsey Raritan Red Bank Ridgefield Ridgefield Park Ridgewood River Edge Riverdale Riverton Rockaway Roseland Roselle Roselle Park Rumson Runnemede Rutherford Saddle River Sayreville Seaside Heights Secaucus Shrewsbury Somerdale Somers Point Somerville South Amboy South Bound Brook South Plainfield South River South Toms River Spotswood Spring Lake Spring Lake Heights Stanhope Stratford Summit Swedesboro Tenafly Tinton Falls Totowa Trenton Tuckerton Union Beach Union City Upper Saddle River Vineland Waldwick Wallington Wanaque Washington Watchung West Long Branch West New York Westfield Westville Westwood Wharton Wood-Ridge Woodbury Woodbury Heights Woodcliff Lake Woodland Park Woodlynne Woodstown

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