Florida Storm & Severe Weather History
Since 1996, Florida has logged 34,756 severe-weather events — about 1,121 a year — with 1,083 direct deaths, 3,594 injuries and $77.6B in reported property damage.
By event type
Thunderstorm Wind11,92424 d$117.9M
Hail4,646—$33.1M
Heavy Rain1,7914 d$21.6M
Lightning1,776174 d$111.6M
Tornado1,72589 d$1.9B
Flood1,57711 d$3.2B
Drought1,460——
Flash Flood1,4239 d$722.3M
Tropical Storm1,35734 d$5.7B
Funnel Cloud1,095—$22K
Frost/Freeze862—$11.2M
Waterspout751—$90K
Dense Fog7516 d$1.7M
Rip Current676517 d—
Wildfire4812 d$535.4M
Hurricane (Typhoon)412135 d$59.2B
Events by year
19962026
Notable events (1,047)
Events with deaths, major damage, or a strong tornado — deadliest first.
LightningJune 23, 2008
De Soto · 1 killed · 2 injured ·
LightningJune 15, 2008
Liberty · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentMay 26, 2008
Coastal Volusia County · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentMay 26, 2008
Martin · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentApril 26, 2008
Volusia · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentApril 11, 2008
Coastal Volusia County · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentApril 6, 2008
Coastal Broward County · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentMarch 15, 2008
Coastal Escambia · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentNovember 2, 2007
Brevard · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentOctober 22, 2007
Brevard · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentOctober 7, 2007
Indian River · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentOctober 1, 2007
Volusia · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentSeptember 23, 2007
Franklin · 1 killed ·
LightningSeptember 21, 2007
Hendry · 1 killed ·
LightningSeptember 10, 2007
Lee · 1 killed ·
High SurfSeptember 6, 2007
Brevard · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentAugust 20, 2007
Coastal Broward County · 1 killed · 1 injured ·
LightningAugust 13, 2007
Broward · 1 killed ·
LightningJuly 30, 2007
Palm Beach · 1 killed ·
LightningJuly 22, 2007
Broward · 1 killed ·
LightningJuly 20, 2007
Pinellas · 1 killed · 1 injured ·
LightningJuly 8, 2007
Miami-Dade · 1 killed ·
LightningJuly 1, 2007
Duval · 1 killed ·
LightningJune 26, 2007
Bay · 1 killed ·
LightningJune 21, 2007
Miami-Dade · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentJune 16, 2007
Brevard · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentJune 7, 2007
Coastal Okaloosa · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentJune 2, 2007
Pinellas · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentJune 1, 2007
Coastal Palm Beach County · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentMay 31, 2007
Coastal Palm Beach County · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentMay 30, 2007
Coastal Palm Beach County · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentMay 28, 2007
Coastal Miami-Dade County · 1 killed · 2 injured ·
Rip CurrentMay 27, 2007
Coastal Palm Beach County · 1 killed · 1 injured ·
Rip CurrentMay 25, 2007
Nassau · 1 killed · 2 injured ·
Rip CurrentMay 22, 2007
Brevard · 1 killed ·
LightningMay 19, 2007
Broward · 1 killed ·
High SurfMay 7, 2007
Volusia · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentApril 3, 2007
St. Johns · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentMarch 27, 2007
Brevard · 1 killed ·
Rip CurrentMarch 22, 2007
Coastal Walton · 1 killed ·
Source: NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database. Counts are every logged event since 1996; the "notable" list is filtered to events with fatalities, major damage or a strong tornado. Damage is the reporting office's estimate. A record of past weather is not a forecast. See About the Data.