Cumberland County, New Jersey tornado history

10 tornadoes recorded in or across Cumberland County from 1975 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Cumberland County

The Storm Prediction Center records 10 tornadoes whose paths touched Cumberland County, New Jersey between 1975 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is July, with 4 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 13 July 1975. The most recent was on 7 August 2019.

  • 10tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 207per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Cumberland County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0550%
F1 / EF1330%
F2 / EF2220%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Cumberland County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in 1970s.1970s41980s21990s32010s1

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s4
1980s2
1990s3
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 4 in Jul.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May2Jun0Jul4Aug2Sep0Oct0Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May2
Jun0
Jul4
Aug2
Sep0
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Cumberland County

  • Strongest and Longest path: New Jersey tornado13 July 1975, F2, 1.5 miles long
  • Most recent: New Jersey tornado7 August 2019, EF0, 0.1 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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