01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
EVENT FILE / 34029MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
OCEAN · NJ
Lightning history
NOAA records coded as Lightning in Ocean during the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
Reports12NOAA county-coded rows
Population context1.8per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 654,362
Injuries23direct + indirect fields
Fatalities3direct + indirect fields
Not a probability
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
Impact fields on these rows
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 records in this slice
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| 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 |