The Jersey Shore and Hurricanes
Severe storms usually do not hit the Jersey Shore, which is why this area is an ideal location to own a property. Since record keeping began in 1886, the only hurricane to make direct landfall in New Jersey occurred on September 16, 1903, and its sustained winds were only three miles per hour more than the 74 mph minimum to be classified as a hurricane.
The Mid-Atlantic, Southeastern and Gulf of Mexico portion of the United States experienced 1,092 tropical storms from 1886 to 2006, but only 39 passed within 75 nautical miles of Atlantic City, and only 13 of those had sustained hurricane force winds. The distance from Atlantic City is important because hurricane force winds can be expected within 75 nautical miles of the center of a hurricane.
