Florida Storm History: Every Flood, Storm and Heat Wave Since 1950

The worst in Florida on the map

The deadliest and costliest episodes on record here, 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

The record

Events: 41,179
Deaths: 1,437
Injuries: 6,696
Damage: $87 billion

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.

Every year

Tap a year for every episode 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.

Deaths each year

By kind of event

Kind of event	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Thunderstorm Wind	15,159	40	331	$180 million
Hail	5,668	0	8	$53 million
Tornado	3,820	207	3,448	$4.3 billion
Heavy Rain	1,794	5	60	$22 million
Lightning	1,777	178	1,002	$112 million
Flood	1,580	13	2	$3.7 billion
Drought	1,514	0	0	$100 million
Flash Flood	1,425	9	2	$1.0 billion
Tropical Storm	1,357	118	86	$6.2 billion
Funnel Cloud	1,095	0	0	$22,000
Frost/Freeze	862	0	0	$957 million
Dense Fog	751	25	142	$1.7 million
Waterspout	751	0	0	$90,000
Rip Current	677	518	450
Wildfire	488	15	155	$537 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)	412	215	853	$63 billion
Coastal Flood	370	0	0	$47 million
Storm Surge/Tide	335	18	6	$2.8 billion
Excessive Heat	230	0	8
High Wind	174	12	25	$3.4 billion
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	163	3	0	$103 million
High Surf	157	29	24	$31 million
Tropical Depression	143	6	0	$16 million
Strong Wind	128	6	7	$130 million
Cold/Wind Chill	95	5	7	$277 million
Heat	64	15	56
Winter Storm	57	0	2	$5.0 million
Winter Weather	54	0	0
Heavy Snow	23	0	0	$7.0 million
Sleet	20	0	0
Astronomical Low Tide	15	0	22
Dust Devil	13	0	0	$55,000
Dense Smoke	4	0	0
Ice Storm	2	0	0	$1.1 million
Seiche	1	0	0
Debris Flow	1	0	0	$75,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Counties

Every storm event filed in each county, including the zone-filed ones that covered it.

Counties and zones as filed

The places filed most often, as the offices named them.

County or zone	Events	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
Duval	1,774	9	81	$37 million
Leon	1,265	7	12	$241 million
Miami-Dade	1,251	30	235	$518 million
Broward	1,175	33	219	$194 million
Hillsborough	1,173	17	237	$84 million
Palm Beach	1,101	22	185	$340 million
Marion	994	7	102	$69 million
Brevard	966	15	263	$409 million
Polk	881	17	619	$124 million
Alachua	851	3	34	$16 million
Pinellas	843	28	424	$123 million
St. Johns	795	16	34	$46 million
Flagler	765	1	12	$8.7 million
Orange	755	11	215	$287 million
Bay	676	21	140	$78 million
Santa Rosa	663	29	184	$30 million
Putnam	662	4	37	$4.8 million
Lee	659	21	66	$571 million
Walton	658	20	21	$42 million
Escambia	649	34	264	$190 million
Volusia	648	26	152	$932 million
Jackson	644	0	31	$38 million
Monroe	618	1	76	$55 million
Clay	599	2	21	$6.3 million
Okaloosa	578	14	186	$55 million
Pasco	572	4	71	$133 million
Nassau	488	4	9	$2.6 million
Manatee	465	10	51	$33 million
Wakulla	464	1	8	$15 million
Suwannee	437	0	8	$6.9 million
Collier	418	13	65	$13 million
Columbia	413	5	25	$8.3 million
Madison	386	6	30	$41 million
Sarasota	385	7	137	$66 million
Lake	380	30	134	$141 million
Seminole	368	17	71	$343 million
Holmes	359	1	6	$24 million
Citrus	358	4	23	$28 million
Washington	356	3	38	$65 million
Jefferson	329	0	1	$1.1 million
Gadsden	285	4	9	$2.9 million
Osceola	277	26	172	$362 million
Hernando	275	2	9	$13 million
Baker	263	0	7	$1.6 million
Charlotte	262	5	24	$18 million
Levy	261	4	18	$61 million
Hamilton	251	1	5	$1.1 million
St. Lucie	250	9	32	$630 million
Highlands	250	5	25	$9.9 million
Taylor	233	0	15	$8.8 million
Calhoun	226	5	27	$15 million
Bradford	224	0	12	$4.4 million
Martin	221	4	16	$21 million
Indian River	220	1	13	$70 million
Levy zone	198	0	2	$31 million
Franklin	195	6	10	$6.0 million
Coastal Palm Beach County zone	187	35	113	$41 million
Citrus zone	181	0	0	$30 million
Gulf	172	3	3	$4.2 million
Hernando zone	170	0	0	$40 million
Sumter	167	2	28	$67 million
Gilchrist	164	0	6	$2.7 million
Sumter zone	160	0	0	$41 million
Coastal Miami-Dade County zone	155	22	47	$1.7 million
Pinellas zone	150	15	45	$828 million
Hillsborough zone	147	2	6	$242 million
Polk zone	147	14	44	$1.3 billion
Hardee	144	0	3	$5.4 million
Pasco zone	143	0	0	$74 million
Hendry	141	4	18	$1.9 million
Liberty	141	1	0	$1.1 million
Coastal Broward County zone	139	25	43	$3.0 million
Okeechobee	138	8	73	$16 million
Lafayette	138	0	5	$4.4 million
Union	138	0	0	$2.7 million
Dixie	137	0	0	$12 million
De Soto	134	3	14	$11 million
Manatee zone	124	3	12	$60 million
Glades zone	121	4	0	$28 million
Glades	118	1	15	$21 million
Hendry zone	114	4	29	$51 million
Coastal Bay zone	111	76	14	$6.7 billion
Hardee zone	109	4	6	$337 million
Flagler zone	109	0	31	$74 million
De Soto zone	105	2	50	$598 million
Sarasota zone	104	4	1	$59 million
Inland Collier County zone	102	1	3	$586 million
Highlands zone	101	4	0	$1.0 billion
Duval zone	98	7	18	$2.1 million
Charlotte zone	97	4	700	$3.2 billion
Volusia zone	92	47	19	$1.3 billion
Lee zone	90	3	33	$2.2 billion
Brevard zone	88	38	16	$625 million
Jackson zone	87	5	5	$729 million
Leon zone	85	7	0	$248 million
Inland Palm Beach County zone	83	1	3	$70 million
	82	0	0
Holmes zone	81	0	0	$6.9 million
Coastal Collier County zone	79	9	6	$2.7 billion
Washington zone	77	4	0	$414 million
South Walton zone	75	18	13	$771,000
St. Johns zone	74	5	0	$2.0 billion
Coastal Duval zone	73	10	7	$10 million
Madison zone	72	0	0	$1.2 billion
Gadsden zone	71	3	1	$454 million
Inland Miami-Dade zone	70	1	0	$289 million
Metropolitan Miami-Dade zone	69	9	8	$255 million
Calhoun zone	66	5	5	$859 million
Coastal Franklin zone	66	4	2	$312 million
North Walton zone	65	0	0	$716,000
Coastal Wakulla zone	65	2	0	$204 million
Lafayette zone	61	0	30	$1.2 billion
Inland Bay zone	61	0	0	$351 million
Coastal Gulf zone	60	9	2	$202 million
Liberty zone	59	5	0	$603 million
Inland Broward County zone	59	0	0
Metro Broward County zone	58	24	33	$88,000
Metro Palm Beach County zone	58	4	0	$300 million
Inland Jefferson zone	56	0	0	$90 million
Central Walton zone	55	0	0	$716,000
Inland Wakulla zone	55	1	0	$252 million
Monroe/Lower Keys zone	54	10	23	$311 million
Coastal Taylor zone	52	0	0	$1.0 billion
Inland Gulf zone	52	0	0	$251 million
Coastal Flagler zone	51	0	4	$43 million
Monroe/Upper Keys zone	50	2	9	$41 million
Coastal Jefferson zone	49	0	0	$224,000
Coastal Dixie zone	47	0	0	$134 million
Inland Taylor zone	47	2	0	$1.2 billion
Inland Franklin zone	47	0	0	$150 million
Baker zone	46	2	2	$2.8 million
Nassau zone	44	4	2	$4.5 million
Coastal Escambia zone	43	14	0	$5.7 billion
Inland Dixie zone	42	6	0	$1.2 billion
Coastal Nassau zone	42	3	4	$10 million
Coastal Broward zone	41	10	77	$313 million
Monroe/Middle Keys zone	41	4	19	$65 million
Indian River zone	40	9	2	$1.1 billion
Bay zone	40	18	11	$60 million
Coastal Volusia County zone	39	28	12	$537 million
Coastal Palm Beach zone	38	5	7	$11 billion
Putnam zone	37	3	7	$3.9 million
St. Lucie zone	37	8	4	$2.6 billion
Coastal Okaloosa zone	37	8	0	$42 million
Martin zone	36	5	5	$1.1 billion
Mainland Monroe zone	36	0	0	$100,000
Coastal St. Johns zone	36	7	7	$45 million
Franklin zone	35	1	0	$23 million
Alachua zone	34	14	18	$877,000
Coastal Santa Rosa zone	34	6	5	$75 million

Every year

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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.