Storms in Florida in 1959
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1959, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Florida in 1959 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 38
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 105
- Damage
- $3.3 million
- Episodes
- 28
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 18 | 1 | 105 | $3.3 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1959
February 1959
March 1959
April 1959
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, April 1, 1959
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, April 2, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 20, 1959
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 21, 1959
May 1959
- Hail in Florida, May 7, 1959
- Hail in Florida, May 9, 1959
- Tornadoes in Florida, May 19, 1959
- Tornado in Florida, May 21, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 22, 1959
June 1959
- Tornado in Florida, June 6, 1959
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 17, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 1959
- Tornado in Florida, June 27, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 28, 1959
- Tornado in Florida, June 29, 1959
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 30, 1959
July 1959
- Tornado in Florida, July 1, 1959
- Tornado in Florida, July 4, 1959
- Tornado in Florida, July 12, 1959
- Tornado in Florida, July 14, 1959
September 1959
October 1959
November 1959
More
Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1959Tornadoes in Florida in 195919581960
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.