Storms in Florida in 2004

1,123 events in 716 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2004, 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 2004 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: 1,123
Deaths: 61
Injuries: 889
Damage: $20 billion
Episodes: 716

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	326	0	5	$1.1 million
Hail	154	0	2	$517,000
Tornado	107	6	17	$16 million
Tropical Storm	95	7	0	$397 million
Lightning	78	5	35	$2.4 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	71	22	796	$16 billion
Heavy Rain	47	0	0	$60,000
Funnel Cloud	36	0	0
Storm Surge/Tide	35	0	0	$20 million
Flood	34	0	0	$4.9 million
High Wind	26	5	17	$3.4 billion
Frost/Freeze	25	0	0
Rip Current	24	14	17
Flash Flood	24	1	0	$423,000
Strong Wind	19	1	0	$118 million
High Surf	8	0	0
Dense Fog	7	0	0
Wildfire	7	0	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.