Storm History: Sumter County, Florida
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sumter 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
- 327
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 28
- Damage
- $109 million
- Episodes
- 302
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost/Freeze | 72 | 0 | 0 | $3.4 million |
| Dense Fog | 56 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 52 | 0 | 22 | $66 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 51 | 0 | 1 | $533,000 |
| Hail | 45 | 0 | 0 | $503,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tropical Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | $587,000 |
| Lightning | 8 | 2 | 5 | $133,000 |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 5 | 0 | 0 | $23 million |
| Flood | 4 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $14 million |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 2 | 0 | 0 | $35,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, February 1, 2007
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- High Wind, September 5, 2004
- High Wind, September 25, 2004
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 9, 2024
- Tornado, November 9, 1968
- Frost/Freeze, January 10, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, December 14, 2010
- Hail, June 15, 2014
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2016
- Frost/Freeze, February 26, 2010
- Tornado, March 30, 2011
- Tornado, November 13, 1969
- Tornado, February 6, 1975
- Tornado, April 15, 1987
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 2022
- Tornado, April 23, 1997
- Tornado, August 12, 2009
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2022
- Tornado, December 25, 2006
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, October 3, 1992
- Tornado, February 1, 2007
- Tornado, June 20, 1961
- Tornado, November 9, 1968
- Tornado, November 13, 1969
- Tornado, February 6, 1975
- Tornado, April 15, 1987
- Tornado, March 13, 1993
- Tornado, December 19, 1995
- Tornado, December 25, 2006
- Tornado, June 24, 2012
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 9, 2024
Every episode, newest first
- High Wind, January 31, 2026
- Wildfire, November 26, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 18, 2025
- Hurricane (Typhoon), October 9, 2024
- Tornado, August 4, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 3, 2024
- Tropical Storm, August 30, 2023
- Lightning, July 30, 2023
- Lightning, July 6, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 10, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 27, 2023
- Hail, April 24, 2023
- Tropical Storm, November 10, 2022
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 28, 2022
- Lightning, September 10, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2022
- Funnel Cloud, May 14, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2021
- Tornado, February 13, 2021
- Tornado, June 6, 2020
- Tornado, April 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2019
- Tornado, May 5, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 24, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2018
- Hail, March 20, 2018
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 8, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 15, 2017
- Tropical Storm, October 6, 2016
- Tropical Storm, September 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2016
- Hail, July 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2016
- Tropical Storm, June 6, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2015
- Hail, May 12, 2015
- Hail, June 15, 2014
- Hail, May 29, 2014
- Hail, May 25, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 15, 2014
- Hail, March 29, 2014
- Frost/Freeze, March 4, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, February 18, 2013
- Frost/Freeze, December 22, 2012
- Hail, August 10, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 30, 2012
- Tornado, June 24, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, February 12, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, February 12, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, January 14, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, January 14, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, January 4, 2012
- Frost/Freeze, January 3, 2012
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 13, 2011
- Hail, June 15, 2011
- Hail, June 12, 2011
- Hail, June 6, 2011
- Hail, May 14, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 5, 2011
- Tornado, March 30, 2011
- Tornado, January 25, 2011
- Frost/Freeze, December 14, 2010
- Lightning, June 15, 2010
- Tornado, March 11, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, February 26, 2010
- Frost/Freeze, January 10, 2010
- Tornado, August 12, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, February 21, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, February 4, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, January 22, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, January 21, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, January 20, 2009
- Hail, January 19, 2009
- Frost/Freeze, December 3, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, November 19, 2008
- Cold/Wind Chill, October 28, 2008
- Tropical Storm, August 19, 2008
- Heavy Rain, August 18, 2008
- Hail, June 28, 2008
- Hail, June 6, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, February 28, 2008
- Hail, February 26, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, January 2, 2008
- Frost/Freeze, November 17, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 20, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 22, 2007
- Tornado, July 21, 2007
- Tornado, July 16, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 11, 2007
- Hail, June 7, 2007
- Hail, May 12, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2007
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2007
- Tornado, February 1, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, January 30, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2007
- Tornado, December 25, 2006
- Hail, August 13, 2006
- Tropical Storm, June 13, 2006
- Hail, February 3, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 4, 2005
- Hail, April 7, 2005
- Frost/Freeze, February 12, 2005
- Frost/Freeze, January 23, 2005
- Frost/Freeze, January 18, 2005
- Frost/Freeze, December 27, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, December 20, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, December 20, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, December 15, 2004
- Heavy Rain, September 26, 2004
- High Wind, September 25, 2004
- High Wind, September 5, 2004
- Heavy Rain, September 4, 2004
- Heavy Rain, February 24, 2004
- Frost/Freeze, December 21, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, November 30, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, April 1, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 9, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 24, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, January 20, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 19, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, January 18, 2003
- Frost/Freeze, January 7, 2003
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 16, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 30, 2002
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, November 29, 2002
- Dense Fog, November 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2002
- Dense Fog, March 8, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, March 5, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, February 28, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 22, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 21, 2002
- Dense Fog, January 20, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, January 8, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, January 8, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, January 4, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, January 4, 2002
- Frost/Freeze, December 27, 2001
- Dense Fog, December 9, 2001
- Tropical Storm, September 14, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 26, 2001
- Hail, June 14, 2001
- Hail, June 14, 2001
- Wildfire, May 23, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 29, 2001
- Hail, March 29, 2001
- Dense Fog, February 27, 2001
- Dense Fog, February 16, 2001
- Dense Fog, February 14, 2001
- Dense Fog, February 13, 2001
- Dense Fog, February 12, 2001
- Dense Fog, February 11, 2001
- Dense Fog, February 10, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 26, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 24, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 21, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 10, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 7, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 5, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 4, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 3, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 2, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, January 1, 2001
- Frost/Freeze, December 31, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, December 30, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, December 23, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, December 20, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, December 20, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, December 18, 2000
- Dense Fog, December 11, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, December 6, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, November 23, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, November 22, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 6, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2000
- Lightning, August 9, 2000
- Hail, August 9, 2000
- Lightning, July 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2000
- Hail, June 12, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 9, 2000
- Dense Fog, February 15, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, February 5, 2000
- Dense Fog, January 30, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, January 26, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, January 26, 2000
- Frost/Freeze, January 22, 2000
- Dense Fog, December 9, 1999
- Frost/Freeze, December 2, 1999
- Dense Fog, November 16, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 1999
- Hail, July 20, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 20, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 28, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 21, 1999
- Hail, May 7, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 28, 1999
- Dense Fog, February 26, 1999
- Dense Fog, February 19, 1999
- Dense Fog, February 11, 1999
- Dense Fog, February 10, 1999
- Dense Fog, February 9, 1999
- Dense Fog, February 8, 1999
- Dense Fog, February 4, 1999
- Dense Fog, January 21, 1999
- Dense Fog, January 18, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, January 2, 1999
- Dense Fog, December 29, 1998
- Dense Fog, December 28, 1998
- Dense Fog, December 22, 1998
- Dense Fog, December 21, 1998
- Dense Fog, December 5, 1998
- Dense Fog, December 4, 1998
- Dense Fog, December 1, 1998
- Dense Fog, November 27, 1998
- Dense Fog, November 25, 1998
- Dense Fog, November 20, 1998
- Dense Fog, November 19, 1998
- Dense Fog, November 18, 1998
- Dense Fog, November 15, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 25, 1998
- Tornado, September 2, 1998
- Hurricane (Typhoon), September 2, 1998
- Lightning, August 17, 1998
- Flood, July 4, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 1998
- Flood, February 28, 1998
- Tornado, February 22, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 16, 1998
- Flood, November 13, 1997
- Lightning, September 2, 1997
- Flood, September 2, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 1997
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 23, 1997
- Tornado, April 23, 1997
- Dense Fog, March 11, 1997
- Dense Fog, February 2, 1997
- Frost/Freeze, January 19, 1997
- Dense Fog, January 7, 1997
- Dense Fog, January 4, 1997
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Sumter CountyEvery warning in Sumter 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.