Storm History: Okeechobee County, Florida
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Okeechobee 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
- 158
- Deaths
- 8
- Injuries
- 73
- Damage
- $230 million
- Episodes
- 130
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 58 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Tornado | 44 | 8 | 73 | $172 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 30 | 0 | 0 | $209,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 5 | 0 | 0 | $3.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 4 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Tropical Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $198,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $33 million |
| Strong Wind | 2 | 0 | 0 | $19 million |
| Flood | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, September 10, 2017
- High Wind, October 24, 2005
- Strong Wind, September 25, 2004
- High Wind, September 4, 2004
- Tornado, October 9, 2024
- Tornado, March 9, 1998
- Tornado, March 21, 1983
- Frost/Freeze, December 27, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, January 2, 2010
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 27, 2022
- Strong Wind, December 21, 2021
- Tornado, June 18, 1972
- Tornado, April 6, 2017
- Tornado, September 26, 1982
- Tornado, March 17, 1985
- Tropical Storm, August 19, 2008
- Tornado, August 27, 2012
- Tornado, April 5, 1993
- Tornado, May 12, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2003
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 episode, newest first
- Tornado, March 10, 2025
- Tornado, October 9, 2024
- Tropical Storm, September 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 15, 2023
- Hurricane (Typhoon), November 8, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 27, 2022
- Excessive Heat, June 24, 2022
- Strong Wind, December 21, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 28, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2021
- Tropical Storm, November 8, 2020
- Hail, May 21, 2020
- Hail, March 20, 2018
- Tornado, September 10, 2017
- Funnel Cloud, August 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2017
- Wildfire, May 27, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2017
- Tornado, April 6, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 6, 2016
- Hail, March 24, 2016
- Hail, April 27, 2015
- Flash Flood, February 28, 2015
- Tornado, July 12, 2014
- Hail, April 4, 2013
- Tornado, August 27, 2012
- Hail, August 21, 2012
- Funnel Cloud, August 7, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2012
- Tornado, June 1, 2012
- Hail, May 18, 2012
- Hail, May 14, 2011
- Hail, April 28, 2011
- Frost/Freeze, December 27, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, December 14, 2010
- Funnel Cloud, April 17, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, January 2, 2010
- Hail, July 10, 2009
- Hail, May 20, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, January 21, 2009
- Flood, August 19, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 19, 2008
- Hail, July 17, 2007
- Hail, May 18, 2007
- Hail, May 13, 2007
- Hail, May 6, 2007
- Tornado, August 21, 2006
- Hail, May 15, 2006
- High Wind, October 24, 2005
- Tornado, May 3, 2005
- Hail, May 3, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 2, 2005
- Strong Wind, September 25, 2004
- Flash Flood, September 4, 2004
- High Wind, September 4, 2004
- Hail, August 16, 2004
- Hail, June 7, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 20, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2003
- Hail, March 14, 2003
- Hail, March 12, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 13, 2002
- Hail, August 1, 2002
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2002
- Hail, April 3, 2002
- Hail, June 15, 2001
- Hail, March 29, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 1999
- Hail, July 12, 1999
- Hail, May 29, 1999
- Hail, May 14, 1999
- Hail, May 9, 1999
- Hail, May 7, 1999
- Hail, April 29, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 3, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 14, 1998
- Hail, August 4, 1998
- Hail, June 20, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 1998
- Hail, May 5, 1998
- Hail, May 4, 1998
- Tornado, March 9, 1998
- Tornado, February 2, 1998
- Hail, July 6, 1997
- Tornado, July 5, 1997
- Hail, May 3, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 1997
- Hail, August 2, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 1996
- Hail, May 13, 1996
- Tornado, May 12, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 1995
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 1995
- Tornado, January 14, 1995
- Hail, June 26, 1994
- Tornado, April 5, 1993
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 1991
- Tornado, June 8, 1989
- Tornado, July 26, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 1988
- Tornado, April 30, 1988
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 1985
- Hail, May 20, 1985
- Hail, May 16, 1985
- Tornado, March 17, 1985
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 1984
- Tornado, March 21, 1983
- Tornado, September 26, 1982
- Tornado, January 14, 1982
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 1981
- Tornado, June 24, 1981
- Tornado, April 19, 1980
- Hail, April 9, 1980
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 22, 1979
- Tornado, January 12, 1979
- Tornado, January 19, 1978
- Hail, August 9, 1976
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 1975
- Tornado, June 18, 1972
- Tornado, June 18, 1972
- Tornado, June 12, 1970
- Tornado, November 14, 1969
- Tornado, February 15, 1969
- Tornado, May 19, 1968
- Tornado, June 22, 1961
- Tornado, July 4, 1959
More
Tornadoes in Okeechobee CountyEvery warning in Okeechobee 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.