Florida

Storms in Florida in 1996

959 events in 786 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1996, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Florida in 1996 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

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The year

Events
959
Deaths
38
Injuries
234
Damage
$226 million
Episodes
786

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
Thunderstorm Wind25908$2.6 million
Hail15901$45 million
Dense Fog107130$850,000
Lightning791085$1.2 million
Tornado70337$10 million
Waterspout6700$5,000
Flood3100$353,000
Frost/Freeze3100$42 million
Tropical Storm3001$45 million
Funnel Cloud2700
Rip Current262264
High Wind1808$163,000
Flash Flood1800$2.1 million
Cold/Wind Chill1000$75 million
Heavy Rain700$7,000
Winter Storm400$1.0 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)420
High Surf400
Winter Weather300
Wildfire200
Dust Devil100$3,000
Storm Surge/Tide100
Coastal Flood100$100,000

Every episode, month by month

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December 1996

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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.