Dust Devil in Florida
Every dust devil event the National Weather Service has filed in Florida, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A small rotating column of dust from surface heating that caused damage or injury.
The most significant on the map
The most significant dust devil episodes in Florida.
- 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
- 13
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $55,000
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Dust Devil in Florida, April 8, 2017After a relatively cool start to the morning, the temperature warmed up rapidly under completely clear skies through the afternoon. This intense surface heating helped produce a dust devil that damaged a carport and mobile home in Lee County.
- Dust Devil in Florida, March 16, 1999A dust-devil caused minor damage to plants and tarps of a nursery along Old State Road 8 in Venus.
- Dust Devil in Florida, June 3, 1996A dust devil caused minor roof damage to a funeral home along Colonial Blvd. in Ft. Myers.
- Dust Devil in Florida, April 20, 1999Dust devils caused minor roof shingle damage to a few homes along Peachland Boulevard and Gingold Road in Port Charlotte.
- Dust Devil in Florida, April 20, 1999A dust devil caused minor roof shingle damage to a home on Taylor Road near U.S. Highway 41 in Punta Gorda.
- Dust Devil in Florida, April 23, 2001The public reported, through a reporter from the Tampa Tribune newspaper, that a dust-devil struck and caused minor roof and carport damage to a mobile home on Sweet Pea Lane near County Road 579 (Morris Bridge Road) in Zephyrhills.
- Dust Devil in Florida, April 20, 2001A retired National Weather Service meteorologist reported a dust devil on the 6700 block of Grande Bahama Drive in the Town N' Country area of Tampa.
- Dust Devil in Florida, April 22, 2002A small dust devil developed in the vicinity of a prescribed forest burn. No damage was reported. The event occurred with clear, dry weather.
- Dust Devil in Florida, May 10, 2002A brief dust devil was reported on a vacant lot 2 miles north of Big Bend Road on federal highway 301. The swirl was reported to be several thousand feet in height. No damage was reported.
- Dust Devil in Florida, March 19, 2009Under warm and dry high pressure, a strong dust devil developed and tore an aluminum overhang off of a mobile home.
- Dust Devil in Florida, May 10, 2016Several citizens observed a large dust devil in Indiantown.
- Dust Devil in Florida, March 27, 2020A dust devil was spotted in Fort Myers on a warm and mostly clear day.
- Dust Devil in Florida, April 28, 2022Brief landspout reported by broadcast media in Englewood.
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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.