Florida

Storm History: Hillsborough County, Florida

942 episodes, 1,208 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hillsborough 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
1,208
Deaths
24
Injuries
237
Damage
$187 million
Episodes
942

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
Hail33702$17 million
Tornado3192125$30 million
Thunderstorm Wind294337$6.7 million
Lightning95969$5.5 million
Flood8300$11 million
Flash Flood1512$7.4 million
Tropical Storm1400$860,000
Heavy Rain1200$10,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)1160$107 million
Waterspout800
Funnel Cloud400$7,000
Coastal Flood400$4,000
Wildfire302
Dust Devil300$5,000
Storm Surge/Tide200
Rip Current230
Strong Wind100$1,000
Frost/Freeze100

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 Hillsborough County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Hillsborough CountyEvery warning in Hillsborough 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.