NJ
New Jersey
Comprehensive climate risk and disaster history profile
34
Billion-Dollar Events
$31.4B
Total Economic Impact
21
Counties
90.15
Avg Risk Score
Top Natural Hazards
Based on FEMA National Risk Index data across all 21 counties
Strong Wind
97.3
Avg Risk Score
Heat Wave
92.05
Avg Risk Score
Flooding
91.69
Avg Risk Score
Tropical Cyclone
89.36
Avg Risk Score
CFLD
88.65
Avg Risk Score
Winter Storm
84.74
Avg Risk Score
Disaster Type Breakdown
Historical billion-dollar events by category (1980-2024)
Severe Storm
13 events
$2.2B
Winter Storm
10 events
$1.3B
Tropical Cyclone
7 events
$26.7B
Drought
3 events
$0.9B
Flooding
1 events
$0.3B
Disaster Trends by Decade
How disaster frequency and costs have changed over time
Highest Risk Counties
Counties with the highest overall risk scores based on FEMA NRI
| Rank | County | Risk Score | Risk Rating | SVI Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bergen | 98.7 | 3838.0% | |
| 2 | Ocean | 97.23 | 4074.0% | |
| 3 | Atlantic | 96.95 | 8771.0% | |
| 4 | Monmouth | 96.44 | 2276.0% | |
| 5 | Middlesex | 95.86 | 6391.0% | |
| 6 | Hudson | 95.39 | 7963.0% | |
| 7 | Cape May | 95.0 | 4169.0% | |
| 8 | Somerset | 93.41 | 1703.0% | |
| 9 | Mercer | 93.03 | 7104.0% | |
| 10 | Burlington | 92.97 | 2648.0% |
Recent Major Events
Most costly billion-dollar disasters in the past 10 years
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2024
$0.4B
2 fatalities
Drought
Jan 2024
$0.5B
12 fatalities
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2021
$18.4B
24 fatalities
Severe Storm
Mar 2021
$0.1B
Tropical Cyclone
Aug 2020
$0.7B
2 fatalities
Severe Storm
Apr 2020
$0.1B
Severe Storm
Feb 2020
$0.3B
Severe Storm
May 2019
$0.5B
Severe Storm
Feb 2019
$0.1B
Severe Storm
May 2018
$0.1B
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