Florida

Storm History: Palm Beach County, Florida

1,035 episodes, 1,499 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Palm Beach 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
1,499
Deaths
67
Injuries
308
Damage
$12 billion
Episodes
1,035

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
Tornado3024113$198 million
Hail24517$663,000
Thunderstorm Wind14216$724,000
Drought11600$100 million
Funnel Cloud11500
Rip Current9639103$5,000
Flash Flood8320$128 million
Lightning68852$5.4 million
Flood6801$372,000
Waterspout6200
Tropical Storm4108$44 million
Coastal Flood3401$11,000
Frost/Freeze3000$121 million
Hurricane (Typhoon)2662$11 billion
Wildfire1100$50,000
Storm Surge/Tide1005$4.0 million
Heavy Rain1000$30,000
High Surf935$1,000
High Wind715$320,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill700$6.0 million
Heat510
Strong Wind510$8,000
Cold/Wind Chill400$2.5 million
Tropical Depression300

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 Palm Beach County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Palm Beach CountyEvery warning in Palm Beach 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.