New Jersey
A large swath of heavy rainfall spread up the East Coast along a frontal zone draping over the northern side of Hurricane Floyd. Hurricane Four of the September 1940 hurricane season holds the record for the wettest tropical cyclone in New Jersey.
Hurricane Four of the September 1940 hurricane season holds the record for the wettest tropical cyclone in New Jersey.
| Wettest tropical cyclones and their remnants in New Jersey |
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| Precipitation | Storm | Location | Ref | ||
| Rank | mm | in | |||
| 1 | 609.6 | 24.00 | September 1940 hurricane | Ewan | |
| 2 | 452.1 | 17.80 | 19 August 1939 | Manahawkin, New Jersey | Also 14.81 inches at Tuckerton, New Jersey |
| 3 | 358.9 | 14.13 | Floyd 1999 | Little Falls | |
| 4 | 304.3 | 11.98 | 1944 Great Atlantic hurricane | New Brunswick Experimental Station | |
| 5 | 291.6 | 11.48 | Connie 1955 | Canistear Reservoir | |
| 6 | 286.3 | 11.27 | Irene 2011 | Freehold Township | |
| 7 | 267.0 | 10.51 | Eloise 1975 | New Brunswick 3 SE | |
| 8 | 261.4 | 10.29 | Doria 1971 | ||
| 9 | 242.6 | 9.55 | Lee 2011 | Phillipsburg | |
| 10 | 228.3 | 8.99 | Donna 1960 | Hammonton 1 NE | |
Read more about this topic: List Of Wettest Tropical Cyclones In The United States
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