Florida

Storms in Florida in 2009

1,037 events in 290 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2009, 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 2009 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
1,037
Deaths
36
Injuries
90
Damage
$156 million
Episodes
290

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 Wind33245$801,000
Hail190014$3.4 million
Frost/Freeze10110$62 million
Lightning69545$903,000
Drought5500
Heavy Rain4900$125,000
Flood4811$9.8 million
Tornado3818$8.2 million
Funnel Cloud3600
Rip Current231713
Flash Flood1820$70 million
High Surf1520
Strong Wind1300$34,000
Heat1210
Tropical Storm1110$800,000
Coastal Flood600$250,000
Wildfire500$65,000
Storm Surge/Tide500$150,000
High Wind400$6,000
Cold/Wind Chill400
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill110
Dust Devil100$5,000
Dense Fog104

Every episode, month by month

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November 2009

December 2009

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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.