A 100-year pictorial history of NJ and NY’s storm-battered

coastline and cities

"The great gale that blew in with Washington's birthday will not soon be forgotten. It was the biggest New York ever knew.” The first blizzard of glass and masonry in city history. New York Evening World, Feb. 23, 1912

Christmas Day Storm, 1913

New Year’s Day Storm 1914 – Sea Bright

1917 Cape May

Rockaway Beach 1927

1938 Long Island Hurricane

1944 Hurricane – Ocean City, NJ

Great Appalachian Storm 1950

Hurricane Hazel 1954

Hurricane Carol – 1954 NYC

August 1955 – Hurricanes Connie and Diane cause record flooding in NY

Hurricane Donna – 1960 NYC

Sea Isle City – 1962 Nor’easter (Note the overwash fans)

1978 Nor’easter – Monmouth Beach NJ

Hurricane Gloria 1985 – Seaside Heights, NJ

1992 Nor’easter – Brooklyn

1992 Nor’easter – FDR Drive, NYC

Hurricane Irene – 2011 NYC

Sandy 2012 – Bay Head, NJ