Storm History: Charlotte County, Florida
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Charlotte County, Florida: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.
The record
- Events
- 291
- Deaths
- 14
- Injuries
- 24
- Damage
- $3.1 billion
- Episodes
- 256
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
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 100 | 2 | 9 | $13 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 53 | 0 | 1 | $494,000 |
| Hail | 43 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Lightning | 25 | 3 | 13 | $1.3 million |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 12 | 8 | 0 | $3.1 billion |
| Tropical Storm | 11 | 0 | 0 | $300,000 |
| Waterspout | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 7 | 0 | 0 | $210,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 1 | $60,000 |
| Flash Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $3.6 million |
| Dust Devil | 3 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Rip Current | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Coastal Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Tornado, April 5, 1993
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2003
- Tornado, May 26, 1980
- Tornado, February 24, 2016
- Tornado, January 16, 2022
- Tornado, July 8, 1994
- Tornado, June 21, 2006
- Lightning, June 13, 2018
- Tropical Storm, June 6, 2016
- Tornado, November 10, 1963
- Tornado, August 8, 1980
- Tornado, January 17, 2016
- Flash Flood, September 27, 1997
- Lightning, August 4, 2009
- Tornado, July 31, 2017
- Lightning, July 22, 1998
- Tornado, January 23, 1998
- Lightning, June 19, 2000
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, July 30, 1968
- Tornado, November 10, 1963
- Tornado, June 1, 1967
- Tornado, November 20, 1983
- Tornado, December 12, 1983
- Tornado, March 13, 1993
- Tornado, April 5, 1993
- Tornado, June 21, 2006
- Tornado, January 17, 2016
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Tornado, January 16, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 9, 2024
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, May 26, 2026
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 9, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, August 15, 2024
- Tornado, August 4, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, July 17, 2024
- Wildfire, July 16, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, July 15, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, May 1, 2024
- Coastal Flood, December 17, 2023
- Funnel Cloud, September 18, 2023
- Tropical Storm, August 30, 2023
- Funnel Cloud, June 29, 2023
- Tornado, April 30, 2023
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2022
- Hail, November 2, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2022
- Tornado, August 8, 2022
- Hail, August 5, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, June 11, 2022
- Hail, April 30, 2022
- Dust Devil, April 28, 2022
- Tornado, January 16, 2022
- Tornado, December 21, 2021
- Tropical Storm, July 6, 2021
- Tornado, November 11, 2020
- Tropical Storm, November 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2020
- Lightning, August 4, 2019
- Hail, June 26, 2019
- Tornado, December 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 2018
- Lightning, June 24, 2018
- Lightning, June 13, 2018
- Rip Current, May 18, 2018
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2017
- Tornado, July 31, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 6, 2017
- Tornado, March 13, 2017
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2016
- Lightning, August 14, 2016
- Tropical Storm, June 6, 2016
- Tornado, February 24, 2016
- Tornado, January 17, 2016
- Tornado, June 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2015
- Hail, April 28, 2015
- Tornado, January 24, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2014
- Hail, May 28, 2014
- Heavy Rain, September 23, 2013
- Tornado, June 6, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 22, 2013
- Hail, June 15, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Hail, June 10, 2012
- Tornado, January 27, 2012
- Lightning, August 15, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2011
- Tornado, March 11, 2010
- Lightning, August 4, 2009
- Heavy Rain, August 18, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2008
- Hail, July 21, 2008
- Tornado, July 1, 2008
- Hail, June 9, 2008
- Tornado, August 11, 2007
- Tornado, July 21, 2007
- Hail, July 20, 2007
- Hail, May 5, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 28, 2006
- Heavy Rain, August 30, 2006
- Hail, August 14, 2006
- Hail, July 25, 2006
- Tornado, June 21, 2006
- Tornado, June 21, 2006
- Heavy Rain, October 23, 2005
- Hail, July 15, 2005
- Tornado, July 15, 2005
- Heavy Rain, July 8, 2005
- Lightning, August 18, 2004
- Tornado, August 13, 2004
- Hail, July 11, 2004
- Lightning, July 11, 2004
- Hail, June 4, 2004
- Tornado, April 12, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 5, 2003
- Hail, July 4, 2003
- Tornado, June 29, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2003
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2003
- Hail, March 27, 2003
- Flash Flood, November 16, 2002
- Funnel Cloud, September 9, 2002
- Lightning, August 21, 2002
- Lightning, July 26, 2002
- Tornado, July 13, 2002
- Tornado, June 11, 2002
- Hail, June 11, 2002
- Tornado, June 10, 2002
- Hail, June 10, 2002
- Tornado, September 14, 2001
- Tornado, September 14, 2001
- Waterspout, September 5, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2001
- Hail, August 12, 2001
- Hail, July 30, 2001
- Tornado, July 26, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2001
- Tornado, July 10, 2001
- Tornado, June 26, 2001
- Waterspout, June 26, 2001
- Tornado, June 20, 2001
- Lightning, June 18, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 16, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 5, 2001
- Lightning, June 5, 2001
- Hail, June 5, 2001
- Hail, June 5, 2001
- Lightning, March 29, 2001
- Hail, September 17, 2000
- Flash Flood, September 17, 2000
- Tornado, September 17, 2000
- Waterspout, August 15, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2000
- Waterspout, July 18, 2000
- Waterspout, June 26, 2000
- Lightning, June 19, 2000
- Lightning, June 19, 2000
- Wildfire, April 22, 2000
- Wildfire, April 7, 2000
- Waterspout, July 23, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 1999
- Flood, July 2, 1999
- Flood, July 1, 1999
- Hail, May 10, 1999
- Dust Devil, April 20, 1999
- Dust Devil, April 20, 1999
- Wildfire, April 13, 1999
- Wildfire, April 5, 1999
- Wildfire, April 2, 1999
- Tornado, March 14, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 3, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 25, 1998
- Tornado, September 25, 1998
- Waterspout, September 25, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 19, 1998
- Flood, August 27, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 11, 1998
- Hail, August 10, 1998
- Lightning, July 22, 1998
- Lightning, July 22, 1998
- Flood, July 20, 1998
- Flood, July 19, 1998
- Lightning, July 12, 1998
- Flood, July 12, 1998
- Tornado, June 30, 1998
- Waterspout, June 30, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1998
- Hail, May 4, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 1998
- Lightning, March 1, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 15, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 2, 1998
- Waterspout, January 23, 1998
- Tornado, January 23, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 2, 1997
- Flash Flood, September 27, 1997
- Flood, September 26, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 12, 1997
- Lightning, July 24, 1997
- Tornado, July 24, 1997
- Hail, July 24, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 1997
- Lightning, June 20, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 1997
- Tornado, April 28, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 1997
- Tornado, December 7, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 7, 1996
- Lightning, September 20, 1996
- Waterspout, September 12, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 7, 1996
- Lightning, August 5, 1996
- Heavy Rain, July 30, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 1996
- Lightning, June 27, 1996
- Lightning, May 30, 1996
- Tornado, November 8, 1995
- Hail, August 15, 1995
- Tornado, July 13, 1995
- Tornado, June 10, 1995
- Tornado, September 2, 1994
- Tornado, August 10, 1994
- Hail, July 13, 1994
- Tornado, July 8, 1994
- Hail, September 25, 1993
- Hail, September 13, 1993
- Hail, August 12, 1993
- Tornado, April 5, 1993
- Tornado, March 13, 1993
- Tornado, January 16, 1993
- Tornado, January 8, 1993
- Tornado, September 16, 1992
- Hail, August 10, 1992
- Tornado, July 20, 1992
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1992
- Tornado, July 10, 1992
- Tornado, June 28, 1992
- Tornado, June 17, 1992
- Tornado, September 5, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 1991
- Tornado, April 25, 1991
- Tornado, March 3, 1991
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 1990
- Hail, June 6, 1990
- Tornado, February 23, 1990
- Tornado, September 6, 1989
- Hail, August 18, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 1989
- Tornado, July 12, 1989
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 1989
- Tornado, June 18, 1989
- Tornado, September 21, 1988
- Tornado, September 5, 1988
- Tornado, July 27, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, November 9, 1987
- Tornado, August 21, 1987
- Tornado, May 12, 1987
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 20, 1986
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 1985
- Tornado, December 12, 1983
- Tornado, November 20, 1983
- Tornado, July 18, 1983
- Tornado, April 11, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 3, 1981
- Tornado, August 8, 1980
- Tornado, May 26, 1980
- Tornado, August 5, 1978
- Tornado, March 3, 1978
- Tornado, January 19, 1978
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 1977
- Tornado, June 30, 1975
Earlier years, state by state:
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Tornadoes in Charlotte CountyEvery warning in Charlotte County since 1986Every county in Florida
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.