Storms in Florida in 1972
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1972, 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 1972 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
- 139
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 166
- Damage
- $9.5 million
- Episodes
- 51
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 80 | 8 | 166 | $9.5 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 35 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 24 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1972
- Tornado in Florida, January 2, 1972
- Tornado in Florida, January 12, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, January 15, 1972
- Tornado in Florida, January 22, 1972
February 1972
- Tornadoes in Florida, February 1, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 3, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 7, 1972
- Hail in Florida, February 27, 1972
March 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 2, 1972
- Tornado in Florida, March 4, 1972
- Tornado in Florida, March 8, 1972
- Tornado in Florida, March 16, 1972
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, March 18, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, March 28, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, March 29, 1972
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, March 31, 1972
April 1972
- Tornado in Florida, April 16, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 22, 1972
- Hail in Florida, April 24, 1972
- Hail in Florida, April 25, 1972
May 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 8, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 20, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 25, 1972
- Hail in Florida, May 28, 1972
- Hail in Florida, May 29, 1972
June 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, June 11, 1972
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 18, 1972
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 18, 1972
- Tornadoes in Florida, June 19, 1972
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 25, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 26, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 27, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 30, 1972
July 1972
- Hail in Florida, July 2, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 1972
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 5, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 6, 1972
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, July 13, 1972
- Tornado in Florida, July 26, 1972
August 1972
- Hail in Florida, August 4, 1972
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 6, 1972
- Tornado in Florida, August 22, 1972
September 1972
October 1972
- Tornado in Florida, October 1, 1972
- Hail in Florida, October 2, 1972
- Tornadoes in Florida, October 27, 1972
November 1972
December 1972
More
Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1972Tornadoes in Florida in 197219711973
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.