Storms in Florida in 1966
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1966, 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 1966 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
- 70
- Deaths
- 11
- Injuries
- 535
- Damage
- $76 million
- Episodes
- 45
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 | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 30 | 11 | 535 | $76 million |
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
February 1966
- Damaging Winds in Florida, February 13, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 27, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 28, 1966
March 1966
April 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, April 4, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, April 9, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 18, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, April 28, 1966
May 1966
- Tornado in Florida, May 2, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, May 5, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 8, 1966
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 9, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 23, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 24, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 25, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 31, 1966
June 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 1, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, June 2, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, June 6, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 7, 1966
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 8, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 9, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, June 15, 1966
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 16, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, June 18, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 1966
July 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 7, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 10, 1966
- Hail in Florida, July 13, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 14, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 21, 1966
August 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 7, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, August 15, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, August 21, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, August 23, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 25, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, August 28, 1966
September 1966
- Tornado in Florida, September 5, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, September 7, 1966
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 8, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, September 10, 1966
- Tornado in Florida, September 21, 1966
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, September 28, 1966
October 1966
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Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1966Tornadoes in Florida in 196619651967
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.