Florida

Storms in Florida in 1960

66 events in 42 episodes

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

Open the live radar over Florida

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado3119$1.9 million
Thunderstorm Wind1800
Hail1700

Every episode, month by month

February 1960

March 1960

April 1960

May 1960

June 1960

July 1960

August 1960

September 1960

October 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.