Florida

Storms in Florida in 2005

892 events in 619 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2005, 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 2005 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
892
Deaths
31
Injuries
57
Damage
$13 billion
Episodes
619

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
Hail20800$3.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind12506$1.4 million
Tropical Storm7300$186 million
Heavy Rain7100$70,000
Lightning61636$6.5 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)61137$12 billion
Tornado5604$11 million
Funnel Cloud5300$15,000
Storm Surge/Tide5200$56 million
Frost/Freeze2900
Flash Flood2900$1.1 million
Flood2100$7.6 million
High Surf2000$225,000
Rip Current19124
High Wind1200$28 million
Strong Wind100$25,000
Wildfire100

Every episode, month by month

January 2005

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March 2005

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July 2005

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September 2005

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November 2005

December 2005

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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.