Florida

Storms in Florida in 2022

1,242 events in 299 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Florida in 2022, 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 2022 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
1,242
Deaths
155
Injuries
94
Damage
$17 billion
Episodes
299

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 Wind43414$3.8 million
Hail10900$102,000
Tropical Storm10730$58 million
Flood10301$2.9 million
Tornado71211$16 million
Flash Flood6900$116,000
Heavy Rain6900
Drought6800
Lightning46517$898,000
Funnel Cloud2800
Cold/Wind Chill2620$1.3 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)231208$17 billion
Rip Current211511
Storm Surge/Tide1900
Tropical Depression1500
Excessive Heat900
Frost/Freeze800
Strong Wind500$500
Dense Fog3642
Coastal Flood200$13,000
High Surf200
Wildfire100
High Wind100$1,000
Dust Devil100
Heat110
Winter Weather100

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.