Storms in Florida in 2003

920 events in 714 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2003, 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 2003 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: 920
Deaths: 51
Injuries: 125
Damage: $139 million
Episodes: 714

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	244	0	15	$3.5 million
Hail	239	0	0	$298,000
Lightning	79	10	39	$2.8 million
Frost/Freeze	66	0	0	$2.1 million
Funnel Cloud	63	0	0
Flash Flood	46	1	0	$9.8 million
Tornado	45	1	45	$90 million
Flood	36	0	0	$13 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	35	1	0	$17 million
Rip Current	26	30	16
Heavy Rain	19	0	0	$210,000
High Surf	8	5	2
Cold/Wind Chill	6	0	0	$50,000
Heat	4	1	0
Storm Surge/Tide	2	0	0
Wildfire	1	0	1
Dense Fog	1	2	7	$100,000

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.