Storms in Florida in 1971
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1971, 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 1971 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
- 151
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 125
- Damage
- $3.5 million
- Episodes
- 69
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 | 60 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 59 | 0 | 125 | $3.5 million |
| Hail | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1971
February 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 5, 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, February 7, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, February 8, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 12, 1971
- Hail in Florida, February 25, 1971
March 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 3, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, March 7, 1971
- Hail in Florida, March 13, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 16, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 19, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, March 26, 1971
April 1971
- Tornado in Florida, April 15, 1971
- Hail in Florida, April 22, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, April 26, 1971
- Hail in Florida, April 30, 1971
May 1971
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, May 8, 1971
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 11, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 12, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, May 13, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, May 19, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 20, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 21, 1971
- Hail in Florida, May 29, 1971
June 1971
- Hail in Florida, June 8, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 9, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 10, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 11, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, June 13, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 15, 1971
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 18, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 20, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, June 22, 1971
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, June 28, 1971
July 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 2, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 6, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 7, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 8, 1971
- Hail in Florida, July 9, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 10, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 15, 1971
- Hail in Florida, July 16, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 20, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 21, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 22, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 23, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 24, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 26, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 28, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, July 29, 1971
August 1971
- Tornado in Florida, August 2, 1971
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 4, 1971
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 9, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 11, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 16, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, August 24, 1971
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 27, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 29, 1971
September 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 1, 1971
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 6, 1971
- Tornado in Florida, September 9, 1971
- Tornadoes in Florida, September 10, 1971
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, September 16, 1971
October 1971
November 1971
December 1971
More
Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1971Tornadoes in Florida in 197119701972
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.