01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
Lightning in Ocean reports by year
NOAA recorded 12 Lightning in Ocean reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
EVENT FILE / 34029MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
OCEAN · NJ
Lightning history
NOAA recorded 12 county-coded Lightning reports in Ocean, NJ, from 2016 through 2025, with 23 reported injuries, 3 reported fatalities, and $324K in filed damage.
Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026
Reports12NOAA county-coded rows
Population context1.8per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 654,362
Injuries23direct + indirect fields
Fatalities3direct + indirect fields
How to read the count
12 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.2-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES
Recorded impacts for Lightning in Ocean
The Lightning in Ocean records contain 23 injuries, 3 fatalities, $323K in property damage, and $1K in crop damage.
Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.
Property damage$323Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$1Knot inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,025within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE
Latest Lightning in Ocean source records
NOAA supplied 8 recent Lightning in Ocean source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.
Up to eight latest rows are shown for auditability. Open NOAA for complete narratives and revisions.
| Date | Event ID | Source | Magnitude / scale | Filed damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-16 | NOAA 1,284,922 | Law Enforcement | — | $0 |
| 2025-07-01 | NOAA 1,283,006 | Fire Department/Rescue | — | $10K |
| 2025-07-01 | NOAA 1,283,005 | Public | — | $10K |
| 2024-06-23 | NOAA 1,220,353 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |
| 2021-08-30 | NOAA 976,772 | Emergency Manager | — | $0 |
| 2020-07-01 | NOAA 891,217 | Newspaper | — | $301K |
| 2018-03-07 | NOAA 734,040 | Newspaper | — | $1K |
| 2018-03-07 | NOAA 734,039 | Trained Spotter | — | $0 |