Florida

Storm History: Collier County, Florida

485 episodes, 651 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Collier 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
651
Deaths
25
Injuries
77
Damage
$3.6 billion
Episodes
485

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado121223$568 million
Drought9800
Hail6802$19,000
Thunderstorm Wind6207$415,000
Funnel Cloud5000
Lightning37729$4.9 million
Wildfire3404$5.8 million
Waterspout2900
Frost/Freeze2700$301 million
Flood2600$16,000
Flash Flood1900$617,000
Coastal Flood1500$71,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)14110$2.4 billion
Tropical Storm1200$6.4 million
Storm Surge/Tide900$878,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700$34 million
Cold/Wind Chill500$248 million
Rip Current447
High Wind400$5,000
Heavy Rain400$60,000
Dense Fog415
Tropical Depression100
Strong Wind100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Collier County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Collier CountyEvery warning in Collier 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.