Florida

Storms in Florida in 1998

1,701 events in 968 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 1998, 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 1998 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
1,701
Deaths
75
Injuries
526
Damage
$1.7 billion
Episodes
968

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 Wind46432$12 million
Hail25601$783,000
Flood18901$413 million
Dense Fog16600
Tornado11543315$385 million
Waterspout9300
Funnel Cloud8400
Hurricane (Typhoon)8025$475 million
Lightning75846$2.7 million
Flash Flood4900$9.5 million
Wildfire33082$380 million
Tropical Storm33265$50 million
High Wind2324$74,000
Rip Current19114
Heat741
Storm Surge/Tide600$2.2 million
Heavy Rain500$155,000
Frost/Freeze300
Coastal Flood100$175,000

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.