Heavy Rain in Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Heavy Rain in Hunterdon County, New Jersey: 62 recorded events between 1997 and 2022. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #66 nationally and #6 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for heavy rain in Hunterdon County is the 2000s, when 27 of the county's 62 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Hunterdon County archive, heavy rain makes up 10.7% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #66 for this hazard and #6 within New Jersey, putting it in the 97.3 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for heavy rain in Hunterdon County with 16 recorded events, while Feb is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

• Thunderstorm Wind 327
• Flash Flood 72
• Hail 44
• Flood 41

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many heavy rain events are on record in Hunterdon County, New Jersey?

62 heavy rain events are recorded in Hunterdon County between 1997 and 2022, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Hunterdon County?

The strongest heavy rain on record in Hunterdon County measured 0.

Where does the heavy rain data for Hunterdon County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.