Tropical Depression in Florida
Every tropical depression event the National Weather Service has filed in Florida, year by year, with the most significant episodes. A tropical cyclone with sustained winds below 34 knots.
The most significant on the map
The most significant tropical depression episodes in Florida.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 143
- Deaths
- 6
- Injuries
- 0
- Damage
- $16 million
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Hurricane and Tornadoes in Florida, September 27 to 30, 2022A tropical depression formed in the central Caribbean Sea on September 23rd, then was upgraded to Tropical Storm Ian at 11 PM on September 23rd. Ian moved westward, then turned northwest on September 25th, passing just west of Jamaica and near the Cayman Islands.
- Hurricane and Tropical Storm in Florida, October 6 to 7, 2016Major Hurricane Matthew moved northwest from the eastern tip to Cuba, reaching the extreme western coast of Grand Bahama Island during the evening of October 6 at Category 4 strength.
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Florida, September 1 to 4, 2019Hurricane Dorian moved slowly northwest away from Grand Bahama Island late in the evening September 2.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, October 9 to 10, 2024Hurricane Milton became a Category 5 hurricane in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico on Monday, October 7th about 735 miles SW of Tampa while moving east-southeast, then turned east and northeast on Tuesday, October 8th while maintaining Category 4 and 5 strength.
- Tropical Storm and Tropical Depression in Florida, October 6 to 7, 2016Major Hurricane Matthew moved northwest across the Central Bahamas during the day on October 6th, making it's closest approach to the East coast of South Florida during the early morning hours of October 7th.
- Storm Surge and Tropical Depression in Florida, November 1 to 4, 2007A strong pressure gradient between high pressure over the Mid-Atlantic states and Tropical Storm Noel over Hispaniola and eastern Cuba caused a prolonged period of strong east winds over Southeast Florida and the adjacent waters.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Florida, September 25 to 27, 2024The center of Hurricane Helene passed about 200 miles west of Naples as a Category 3 hurricane moving N-NE over the eastern Gulf of Mexico around midday on Thursday, September 26th, then made landfall later that evening in the Florida Big Bend as a Category 4 hurricane with…
- Storm Surge and Flash Flood in Florida, August 3 to 5, 2024The center of Debby passed about 140 miles west of Naples as a tropical storm moving north-northwest over the eastern Gulf of Mexico around 8 AM EDT on August 4th.
- Tropical Storm and Tropical Depression in Florida, November 10, 2022Hurricane Nicole initially formed as a subtropical storm in the western Atlantic on November 7 between Bermuda and the Bahamas before becoming fully tropical on November 8.
- Flash Flooding and Tropical Depression in Florida, September 12 to 13, 2020A low pressure system, turned tropical disturbance, moving across the western Atlantic and over the Bahamas abruptly formed into Tropical Depression Nineteen on September 11th.
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Florida, November 8 to 13, 2020A tropical wave, turned tropical depression, moving westward across the western Caribbean Sea abruptly formed into an intense Category 4 hurricane before making landfall over western Nicaragua on November 3rd, with a minimum central pressure of 923 mb just before landfall, and a…
- Tropical Storm and Flooding in Florida, September 2 to 3, 2018A low pressure system moving across the tropical Atlantic into the Bahamas formed into Tropical Storm Gordon near the South Florida peninsula.
- Storm Surge and Tropical Depression in Florida, August 29 to 30, 2023The center of Hurricane Idalia passed about 180 miles west of Naples as a Category 2 moving north over the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Florida, October 30 to 31, 2007A strong pressure gradient between high pressure over the Mid-Atlantic states and Tropical Storm Noel over Hispaniola and eastern Cuba caused a prolonged period of strong east winds over Southeast Florida and the adjacent waters.
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Florida, September 3, 2019Powerful Hurricane Dorian passed 100 miles to the east of Palm Beach County over the northwestern Bahamas.
- Tropical Storm and Storm Surge in Florida, November 8 to 10, 2022Nicole formed as a subtropical storm about 600 miles east of the Bahamas on November 7th, then moved northwest. Nicole gained tropical characteristics and became a tropical storm on November 8th as it turned west and west-southwest.
- Tropical Storm and Tropical Depression in Florida, August 1 to 2, 2020A low pressure system moving across the tropical Atlantic into the eastern Caribbean Sea formed into Tropical Storm Isaias on July 28th.
- Tropical Depression in Florida, July 6 to 7, 2021A low pressure system, turned tropical disturbance, moving across the central tropical Atlantic formed into Tropical Storm Elsa on July 1st.
- Tropical Depression in Florida, August 23, 2008Tropical Storm Fay's wind speed diminished to a depression as the system moved through the western Florida panhandle.
- Tornadoes and Tropical Depression in Florida, October 28 to 29, 2017Tropical Storm Philippe was a very disorganized storm as it moved across the Florida Straits on October 28th, making landfall in extreme South Florida along the Florida Bay on October 29th as a minimal tropical storm with a lowest central pressure of 1000 mb.
- Tropical Storm and Tropical Depression in Florida, August 2 to 3, 2020Tropical Storm Isaias moved between Grand Bahama and Southeast Florida in the morning of August 2.
- Tropical Storm and Tropical Depression in Florida, November 8 to 9, 2020Tropical Storm Eta moved across Cuba and into the Florida Straits on the morning of November 8. Eta tracked northwest through the day and then made landfall along the Central Florida Keys early in the morning of November 9.
- Tropical Storm and Tropical Depression in Florida, June 3 to 4, 2022Potential Tropical Cyclone One (PTC1) developed near the Yucatan Peninsula on June 2, and tracked across the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on June 3. PTC1 crossed the southern Florida peninsula from late evening on June 3 through the late afternoon on June 2.
- Tropical Depression in Florida, November 12, 2020Tropical Storm Eta moved north across the eastern Gulf of Mexico, parallel to the western Florida coast throughout the day on November 11.
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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.