Storms in Florida in 1961
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1961, 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 1961 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $3.2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 28 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 24 | 0 | 10 | $3.2 million |
| Hail | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1961
March 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 17, 1961
- Hail in Florida, March 18, 1961
- Tornado in Florida, March 21, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 29, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 30, 1961
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 31, 1961
April 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 1, 1961
- Tornadoes in Florida, April 9, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 12, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 15, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 27, 1961
May 1961
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 5, 1961
- Hail in Florida, May 25, 1961
- Tornado in Florida, May 26, 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 28, 1961
June 1961
- Hail in Florida, June 8, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 14, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, June 20, 1961
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 22, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Florida, June 23, 1961
- Hail in Florida, June 26, 1961
- Hail in Florida, June 30, 1961
July 1961
- Hail in Florida, July 5, 1961
- Hail in Florida, July 6, 1961
- Tornado in Florida, July 12, 1961
- Tornado in Florida, July 14, 1961
- Hail in Florida, July 23, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 24, 1961
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 25, 1961
- Damaging Winds in Florida, July 26, 1961
August 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 13, 1961
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 14, 1961
- Tornado in Florida, August 29, 1961
- Tornado in Florida, August 31, 1961
September 1961
October 1961
November 1961
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, November 22, 1961
- Tornadoes in Florida, November 23, 1961
- Hail in Florida, November 30, 1961
December 1961
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Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1961Tornadoes in Florida in 196119601962
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.