Florida

Storms in Florida in 2020

1,274 events in 280 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2020, 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 2020 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
1,274
Deaths
21
Injuries
33
Damage
$451 million
Episodes
280

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 Wind56304$416,000
Flash Flood11706$850,000
Flood11400$105,000
Hail9900$95,000
Tropical Storm7601$609,000
Tornado6428$126 million
Heavy Rain5900
Coastal Flood3800$1,000
Lightning25310$249,000
Funnel Cloud2500
Tropical Depression2300
Storm Surge/Tide2100
Rip Current16144
Drought1300
Wildfire900$100 million
High Wind600$93,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)220$223 million
Strong Wind100
Dust Devil100
Astronomical Low Tide100
High Surf100

Every episode, month by month

January 2020

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November 2020

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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.