Storms in Florida in 1997

1,264 events in 893 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1997, 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 1997 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: 1,264
Deaths: 20
Injuries: 187
Damage: $289 million
Episodes: 893

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
Thunderstorm Wind	435	0	48	$6.5 million
Hail	184	1	4	$378,000
Waterspout	130	0	0	$50,000
Tornado	116	0	80	$37 million
Lightning	95	7	50	$1.4 million
Flood	77	0	0	$14 million
Dense Fog	76	0	0
Funnel Cloud	69	0	0
Flash Flood	36	2	1	$17 million
Frost/Freeze	13	0	0	$13 million
Rip Current	12	8	2
Cold/Wind Chill	8	0	0	$200 million
Heavy Rain	5	0	0
Winter Storm	5	0	1	$175,000
High Wind	2	1	1	$10,000
Heat	1	1	0

Every episode, month by month

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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.