Florida

Storm History: Monroe County, Florida

479 episodes, 799 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Monroe 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
799
Deaths
17
Injuries
127
Damage
$472 million
Episodes
479

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
Waterspout28000
Tornado169173$92 million
Thunderstorm Wind7610$157,000
Tropical Storm6341$3.4 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)481047$377 million
Funnel Cloud4000
Flood3000$58,000
Drought2200
Hail1900$9,000
Lightning1505$73,000
Coastal Flood1200$100,000
Heavy Rain900
Storm Surge/Tide700
High Wind511$32,000
Wildfire200
Strong Wind200$1,000

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 Monroe County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Monroe CountyEvery warning in Monroe 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.