Storms in Florida in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 141
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 69
- Damage
- $43 million
- Episodes
- 58
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 | 90 | 1 | 69 | $43 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 17 | 0 | 0 |
Every episode, month by month
January 1979
- Tornado in Florida, January 1, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 2, 1979
- Tornadoes in Florida, January 12, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, January 13, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 21, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, January 24, 1979
February 1979
March 1979
April 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, April 4, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 14, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Florida, April 27, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Florida, April 29, 1979
May 1979
- Tornado in Florida, May 5, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Florida, May 8, 1979
- Tornadoes in Florida, May 11, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 14, 1979
- Hail in Florida, May 15, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 23, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, May 24, 1979
- Hail in Florida, May 29, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 30, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 31, 1979
June 1979
- Hail in Florida, June 1, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, June 20, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, June 21, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, June 30, 1979
July 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, July 4, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, July 5, 1979
- Hail in Florida, July 7, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, July 9, 1979
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 11, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 15, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, July 24, 1979
August 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 5, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 6, 1979
- Hail in Florida, August 9, 1979
- Hail in Florida, August 10, 1979
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 12, 1979
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 23, 1979
- Tornadoes in Florida, August 24, 1979
September 1979
- Tornado in Florida, September 1, 1979
- Tornadoes in Florida, September 3, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, September 4, 1979
- Tornadoes in Florida, September 12, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, September 13, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, September 21, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, September 24, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, September 25, 1979
- Tornadoes in Florida, September 29, 1979
- Tornado in Florida, September 30, 1979
October 1979
November 1979
December 1979
More
Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Florida in 197919781980
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.