Florida

Storms in Florida in 2008

1,173 events in 337 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2008, 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 2008 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
1,173
Deaths
51
Injuries
134
Damage
$346 million
Episodes
337

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 Wind406110$13 million
Hail22016$1.6 million
Heavy Rain8700$22,000
Tropical Storm8060$51 million
Lightning67420$6.3 million
Tornado56920$51 million
Frost/Freeze4100$15 million
Flash Flood3200$94 million
Drought3100
Storm Surge/Tide2600$2.8 million
Funnel Cloud2500
Rip Current25246
Cold/Wind Chill1700
Flood1702$94 million
Wildfire15132$17 million
Coastal Flood800
High Surf600$300,000
Tropical Depression600
Winter Weather300
Astronomical Low Tide200
Dense Fog1538
Seiche100
Strong Wind100$5,000

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.