Florida

Storm History: Miami-Dade County, Florida

1,066 episodes, 1,634 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Miami-Dade 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
1,634
Deaths
72
Injuries
291
Damage
$3.0 billion
Episodes
1,066

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
Hail31506$5.3 million
Tornado2592164$203 million
Thunderstorm Wind22212$2.0 million
Flood11101$953 million
Drought10900
Flash Flood10603$307 million
Funnel Cloud8000
Coastal Flood7800$15,000
Waterspout7000
Lightning55849$237,000
Rip Current473628
Tropical Storm4700$1.3 million
Wildfire2800$425,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)24206$1.2 billion
Frost/Freeze2017$289 million
Heavy Rain1900$485,000
Heat11317
Storm Surge/Tide900
High Wind810$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill500$25 million
Cold/Wind Chill400
Strong Wind400$13,000
Tropical Depression200
Excessive Heat108

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 Miami-Dade County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Miami-Dade CountyEvery warning in Miami-Dade 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.