Florida

Storms in Florida in 2016

1,065 events in 264 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2016, 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 2016 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
1,065
Deaths
45
Injuries
62
Damage
$3.1 billion
Episodes
264

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 Wind45319$1.1 million
Tropical Storm10710$2.3 billion
Hail9114$741,000
Flood7101$218,000
Lightning63912$686,000
Tornado45221$46 million
Coastal Flood3800$1,000
Drought2800
Heavy Rain2500
Storm Surge/Tide2531$5,000
Funnel Cloud2400
Flash Flood2400$94,000
Rip Current16118
Wildfire1300$12,000
Tropical Depression1200
Hurricane (Typhoon)11112$753 million
High Surf630
Strong Wind510$9,000
Winter Weather400
Dense Fog224
High Wind100$1,000
Dust Devil100

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.