Storms in Florida in 1978
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1978, 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 1978 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
- 186
- Deaths
- 3
- Injuries
- 155
- Damage
- $19 million
- Episodes
- 68
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 | 94 | 3 | 155 | $19 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 83 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 9 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1978
- Tornadoes in Florida, January 8, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, January 13, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, January 19, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, January 25, 1978
March 1978
April 1978
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 12, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, April 18, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, April 19, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 23, 1978
May 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 1, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 2, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 3, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 4, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Florida, May 5, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, May 13, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 17, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, May 18, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 19, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, May 20, 1978
- Tornadoes in Florida, May 26, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, May 28, 1978
June 1978
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 1, 1978
- Hail in Florida, June 2, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, June 3, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, June 8, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, June 9, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, June 10, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, June 11, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 12, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, June 23, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, June 25, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, June 28, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 29, 1978
July 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 1, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 9, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 11, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 12, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 21, 1978
- Hail in Florida, July 25, 1978
- Tornadoes in Florida, July 26, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 27, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 29, 1978
August 1978
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 1, 1978
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 5, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, August 6, 1978
- Hail in Florida, August 8, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, August 13, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 15, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, August 17, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 18, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, August 19, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, August 20, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 24, 1978
September 1978
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 2, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, September 4, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, September 22, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, September 27, 1978
October 1978
- Tornado in Florida, October 4, 1978
- Hail in Florida, October 5, 1978
- Tornadoes in Florida, October 13, 1978
November 1978
December 1978
More
Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1978Tornadoes in Florida in 197819771979
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.