Florida

Storms in Florida in 2017

1,155 events in 274 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2017, 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 2017 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
1,155
Deaths
101
Injuries
127
Damage
$4.6 billion
Episodes
274

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 Wind461112$1.3 million
Flood9413$270,000
Tropical Storm8630$28 million
Heavy Rain7800
Hail7612$59,000
Lightning57518$660,000
Tornado57125$1.4 billion
Flash Flood5202$1.9 million
Coastal Flood3501$188,000
Wildfire3501$7.3 million
Funnel Cloud2400
Hurricane (Typhoon)246240$3.1 billion
Storm Surge/Tide2200
Rip Current201622
Drought1600
Strong Wind600$14,000
Winter Weather500
Heat3021
Tropical Depression300
Dust Devil100$30,000

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.