Florida

Storms in Florida in 2012

1,406 events in 314 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2012, 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 2012 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

Open the live radar over Florida

The year

Events
1,406
Deaths
43
Injuries
142
Damage
$129 million
Episodes
314

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 Wind44802$588,000
Hail18725$1.4 million
Heavy Rain170052$150,000
Drought15000
Frost/Freeze8300$300,000
Tropical Storm5930$91 million
Tornado48813$32 million
Funnel Cloud47022
Lightning4568$2.3 million
Flood4500$731,000
Flash Flood3800$675,000
Storm Surge/Tide2600
Rip Current201012
Wildfire141119$17,000
Coastal Flood1000$70,000
High Surf533
Dense Smoke400
Astronomical Low Tide200
High Wind200$2,000
Strong Wind200
Heat106

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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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.