On average, there are three tornadoes each year in the state, although there have been as many seven on a single day, which occurred both in 1989 and 2023.
However, an F2 twister in 1958 crossed 48.5 mi (78.1 km) of the southern portion of the state, the longest tracked event on record.
In 2003, a tornado in Burlington County flung a tree limb onto three cars, killing one person.
Each year, three tornadoes on average touch down in New Jersey, most of them weak and short-lived.
There were 19 confirmed tornadoes in 1989, the most in a year since the start of recordkeeping in the National Centers for Environmental Information.