52
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$0
Property damage
Hail in Sussex County, New Jersey: 52 recorded events between 1975 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 1.75. That places the county #2,195 nationally and #10 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Sussex County, New Jersey: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Sussex County is the 2010s, when 18 of the county's 52 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 Sussex County archive, hail makes up 11.0% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #2,195 for this hazard and #10 within New Jersey, putting it in the 29.1 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for hail in Sussex County with 17 recorded events, while Jan 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2023 | VERNON | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 22, 2023 | MONTAGUE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Jul 6, 2021 | TRANQUILITY | 1 | $0 |
| Jul 22, 2020 | MONTAGUE | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jul 22, 2020 | MONTAGUE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jul 22, 2020 | MONTAGUE | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jun 28, 2020 | COLESVILLE | 1.5 | $0 |
| Jun 28, 2020 | COLESVILLE | 0.88 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2017 | MAPLE GRANGE | 0.88 | $0 |
| Apr 10, 2013 | MONTAGUE | 0.75 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Sussex County
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A thunderstorm quickly intensified as it moved across the southern portion of Sussex County during the late afternoon hours of the 27th. This storm briefly produced hail to the size of pennies in Newton, then moved eastward and developed more into a line of thunderstorms.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Sussex County, New Jersey?
52 hail events are recorded in Sussex County between 1975 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Sussex County?
The strongest hail on record in Sussex County measured 1.75.
Where does the hail data for Sussex 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.
Cite this page
“Hail in Sussex County, New Jersey.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/new-jersey/sussex-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.