Storms in Florida in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1970, 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 1970 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
- 106
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 14
- Damage
- $3.5 million
- Episodes
- 46
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 | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 48 | 0 | 14 | $3.5 million |
| Hail | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, January 6, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, January 14, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, January 15, 1970
February 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 1, 1970
- Hail in Florida, February 2, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, February 3, 1970
March 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 5, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 7, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 11, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 26, 1970
April 1970
May 1970
June 1970
- Tornado in Florida, June 4, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 7, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, June 12, 1970
- Hail in Florida, June 20, 1970
- Hail in Florida, June 23, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, June 25, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 28, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 1970
July 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 3, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, July 9, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, July 10, 1970
- Tornadoes in Florida, July 11, 1970
- Tornadoes in Florida, July 12, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 13, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 16, 1970
- Tornadoes in Florida, July 17, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, July 22, 1970
August 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 11, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, August 13, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 14, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, August 20, 1970
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 21, 1970
- Tornado in Florida, August 25, 1970
September 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 5, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Florida, September 7, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 25, 1970
October 1970
November 1970
December 1970
More
Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Florida in 197019691971
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.