Storms in Florida in 1960
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1960, 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 1960 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
- 66
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 9
- Damage
- $1.9 million
- Episodes
- 42
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 | 31 | 1 | 9 | $1.9 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 5, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, February 13, 1960
- Tornadoes in Florida, February 18, 1960
- Tornadoes in Florida, February 25, 1960
March 1960
- Tornado in Florida, March 3, 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 15, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, March 16, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, March 17, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 18, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, March 30, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 31, 1960
April 1960
- Hail in Florida, April 1, 1960
- Hail in Florida, April 2, 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 3, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, April 10, 1960
May 1960
- Tornado in Florida, May 2, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 7, 1960
- Hail in Florida, May 23, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 28, 1960
June 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 1, 1960
- Hail in Florida, June 2, 1960
- Hail in Florida, June 3, 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 4, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, June 8, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 17, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, June 19, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1960
- Hail in Florida, June 25, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, June 30, 1960
July 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 4, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, July 14, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, July 19, 1960
August 1960
September 1960
- Tornadoes in Florida, September 15, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 26, 1960
- Tornado in Florida, September 29, 1960
October 1960
- Tornadoes in Florida, October 7, 1960
- Hail in Florida, October 13, 1960
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, October 31, 1960
November 1960
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Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1960Tornadoes in Florida in 196019591961
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.