Florida

Storms in Florida in 1980

141 events in 63 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1980, 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 1980 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

Open the live radar over Florida

The year

Events
141
Deaths
1
Injuries
59
Damage
$36 million
Episodes
63

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado60159$36 million
Thunderstorm Wind5600
Hail2500

Every episode, month by month

January 1980

February 1980

March 1980

April 1980

May 1980

June 1980

July 1980

August 1980

September 1980

October 1980

November 1980

December 1980

More

Every year in FloridaEvery state in 1980Tornadoes in Florida in 198019791981

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.