Storm History: Collier County, Florida
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 121 | 2 | 23 | $568 million |
| Drought | 98 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 68 | 0 | 2 | $19,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 62 | 0 | 7 | $415,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 50 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 37 | 7 | 29 | $4.9 million |
| Wildfire | 34 | 0 | 4 | $5.8 million |
| Waterspout | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 27 | 0 | 0 | $301 million |
| Flood | 26 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Flash Flood | 19 | 0 | 0 | $617,000 |
| Coastal Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $71,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 14 | 11 | 0 | $2.4 billion |
| Tropical Storm | 12 | 0 | 0 | $6.4 million |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 9 | 0 | 0 | $878,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 7 | 0 | 0 | $34 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | $248 million |
| Rip Current | 4 | 4 | 7 | |
| High Wind | 4 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | $60,000 |
| Dense Fog | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
| Tropical Depression | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 27, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 9, 2017
- Tornado, November 9, 1968
- Lightning, August 17, 1996
- Rip Current, September 27, 1997
- Rip Current, May 22, 1996
- Rip Current, June 19, 1998
- Lightning, April 28, 2003
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 24, 2005
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2006
- Lightning, June 26, 2013
- Lightning, May 28, 2016
- Lightning, July 17, 2021
- Lightning, August 31, 2024
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 27, 2022
- Tornado, October 9, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, January 9, 2010
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 9, 2017
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 1997
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 5, 1996
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2001
- Tropical Storm, August 26, 2012
- Wildfire, April 20, 2017
- Tornado, March 17, 1983
- Hurricane (Typhoon), August 13, 2004
- Lightning, September 2, 2013
- Lightning, June 22, 2015
- Tornado, September 25, 2024
- Frost/Freeze, December 27, 2010
- Tornado, March 9, 1998
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 3, 2024
- Wildfire, May 29, 2008
- Wildfire, March 5, 2017
- Tornado, July 8, 1994
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, October 9, 2024
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 27, 2022
- Tornado, November 9, 1968
- Tornado, October 14, 1964
- Tornado, November 11, 1968
- Tornado, December 10, 1969
- Tornado, February 6, 1975
- Tornado, September 26, 1982
- Tornado, March 17, 1983
- Tornado, March 13, 1993
- Tornado, April 5, 1993
- Tornado, October 4, 1995
- Tornado, December 19, 1995
- Tornado, February 2, 1998
- Tornado, November 4, 1998
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Wildfire, May 18, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Wildfire, April 13, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Wildfire, February 22, 2026
- Frost/Freeze, February 1, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- Drought, January 13, 2026
- Coastal Flood, October 4, 2025
- Flood, September 8, 2025
- Drought, August 1, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Lightning, June 21, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Drought, March 18, 2025
- Tornado, October 9, 2024
- Tornado, September 25, 2024
- Lightning, September 3, 2024
- Lightning, August 31, 2024
- Coastal Flood, August 20, 2024
- Flood, August 16, 2024
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2024
- Flood, June 30, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2024
- Drought, June 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2024
- Flood, May 16, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, May 1, 2024
- Wildfire, April 9, 2024
- Funnel Cloud, September 9, 2023
- Storm Surge/Tide, August 29, 2023
- Tornado, August 24, 2023
- Hail, June 23, 2023
- Wildfire, May 1, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Wildfire, April 4, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 7, 2023
- Wildfire, March 3, 2023
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 27, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, September 4, 2022
- Flood, August 25, 2022
- Strong Wind, August 4, 2022
- Hail, August 3, 2022
- Flood, July 6, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, May 7, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Drought, April 5, 2022
- Frost/Freeze, January 30, 2022
- Tornado, January 16, 2022
- Flood, September 13, 2021
- Lightning, September 11, 2021
- Lightning, July 26, 2021
- Lightning, July 17, 2021
- Tropical Depression, July 6, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 31, 2021
- Wildfire, May 22, 2021
- Frost/Freeze, February 4, 2021
- Tropical Storm, November 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, September 12, 2020
- Flood, September 9, 2020
- Flood, July 19, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 13, 2020
- Flood, June 2, 2020
- Hail, May 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 18, 2020
- Wildfire, May 13, 2020
- Wildfire, May 7, 2020
- Wildfire, May 1, 2020
- Drought, May 1, 2020
- Hail, April 26, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 25, 2020
- Drought, April 21, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 19, 2019
- Lightning, July 18, 2019
- Hail, June 25, 2019
- Flood, May 16, 2019
- Rip Current, April 20, 2019
- Coastal Flood, December 21, 2018
- Coastal Flood, October 8, 2018
- Hail, June 11, 2018
- Hail, June 10, 2018
- Hail, June 9, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2018
- Funnel Cloud, May 25, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, May 1, 2018
- Drought, April 24, 2018
- Drought, April 3, 2018
- Wildfire, March 23, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 20, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 9, 2017
- Tornado, November 22, 2017
- Coastal Flood, October 3, 2017
- Flood, September 29, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 9, 2017
- Flood, August 25, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2017
- Flood, July 16, 2017
- Lightning, June 30, 2017
- Tornado, June 5, 2017
- Drought, June 1, 2017
- Drought, May 1, 2017
- Wildfire, April 20, 2017
- Drought, April 1, 2017
- Wildfire, March 30, 2017
- Hail, March 23, 2017
- Drought, March 21, 2017
- Wildfire, March 18, 2017
- Wildfire, March 5, 2017
- Tornado, January 23, 2017
- Flood, October 4, 2016
- Hail, September 30, 2016
- Coastal Flood, August 30, 2016
- Lightning, August 24, 2016
- Hail, July 13, 2016
- Storm Surge/Tide, June 6, 2016
- Lightning, May 28, 2016
- Tornado, February 16, 2016
- Tornado, January 27, 2016
- Coastal Flood, January 17, 2016
- Tornado, September 29, 2015
- Coastal Flood, September 24, 2015
- Funnel Cloud, August 27, 2015
- Lightning, August 15, 2015
- Lightning, July 1, 2015
- Lightning, June 22, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2015
- Hail, June 5, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2014
- Hail, July 15, 2014
- Hail, June 26, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2014
- Lightning, April 17, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 29, 2014
- Tornado, March 6, 2014
- Funnel Cloud, October 17, 2013
- Lightning, September 7, 2013
- Lightning, September 6, 2013
- Lightning, September 2, 2013
- Lightning, August 18, 2013
- Lightning, July 9, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, July 3, 2013
- Lightning, June 26, 2013
- Funnel Cloud, June 12, 2013
- Hail, May 24, 2013
- Tropical Storm, August 26, 2012
- Hail, August 9, 2012
- Hail, August 3, 2012
- Coastal Flood, June 26, 2012
- Tornado, June 24, 2012
- Tornado, June 23, 2012
- Hail, June 15, 2012
- Drought, May 1, 2012
- Tornado, April 6, 2012
- Drought, April 1, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, January 3, 2012
- Lightning, September 23, 2011
- Drought, August 1, 2011
- Drought, July 1, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2011
- Drought, June 1, 2011
- Wildfire, May 1, 2011
- Drought, May 1, 2011
- Hail, April 30, 2011
- Wildfire, April 26, 2011
- Drought, April 1, 2011
- Tornado, March 10, 2011
- Drought, March 1, 2011
- Drought, February 1, 2011
- Dense Fog, January 22, 2011
- Drought, January 1, 2011
- Frost/Freeze, December 27, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, December 14, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, December 7, 2010
- Lightning, September 26, 2010
- Lightning, July 14, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 26, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, January 9, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, January 4, 2010
- Hail, July 15, 2009
- Hail, June 23, 2009
- Hail, June 12, 2009
- Hail, June 7, 2009
- Wildfire, May 8, 2009
- Wildfire, May 1, 2009
- Wildfire, April 22, 2009
- Drought, April 1, 2009
- Drought, March 17, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, February 5, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, January 21, 2009
- Lightning, September 17, 2008
- Tornado, August 18, 2008
- Hail, August 5, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2008
- Hail, June 25, 2008
- Drought, June 1, 2008
- Wildfire, May 29, 2008
- Drought, May 6, 2008
- Drought, April 1, 2008
- Drought, March 1, 2008
- Tornado, February 12, 2008
- Drought, February 1, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, January 3, 2008
- Drought, January 1, 2008
- Tornado, December 21, 2007
- Drought, December 1, 2007
- Drought, November 27, 2007
- Drought, October 1, 2007
- Tornado, September 22, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 17, 2007
- Drought, September 1, 2007
- Drought, August 21, 2007
- Drought, August 1, 2007
- Lightning, July 27, 2007
- Hail, July 18, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2007
- Hail, June 8, 2007
- Wildfire, June 1, 2007
- Drought, June 1, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2007
- Wildfire, May 7, 2007
- Tornado, May 6, 2007
- Hail, May 5, 2007
- Wildfire, May 4, 2007
- Drought, May 1, 2007
- Drought, April 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, February 17, 2007
- Dense Fog, December 15, 2006
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2006
- Tropical Storm, August 29, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2006
- Lightning, August 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2006
- Lightning, August 7, 2006
- Hail, July 25, 2006
- Funnel Cloud, July 10, 2006
- Hail, June 30, 2006
- Hail, June 20, 2006
- Frost/Freeze, February 14, 2006
- Heavy Rain, February 3, 2006
- Frost/Freeze, January 8, 2006
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 24, 2005
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.