F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
Every tornado in Florida in 1960
February 13 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| February 13 | 4:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Polk | 0.1 | 27 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
February 18 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| February 18 | 3:42 AM GMT-6 | F2 | Bay | 7.6 | 400 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| February 18 | 10:00 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Hillsborough | 0.5 | 100 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
February 25 3 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| February 25 | 6:15 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Duval | 0.1 | 100 | | 2 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| February 25 | 6:30 AM GMT-5 | F3 | Columbia | 0.8 | 100 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| February 25 | 7:00 AM GMT-5 | F0 | Duval | 0.1 | 33 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
March 3 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| March 3 | 5:30 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Lake | 0.1 | 10 | | 6 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
March 15 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| March 15 | 1:40 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Polk | 1.0 | 100 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
March 16 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| March 16 | 9:00 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
| March 16 | 9:25 AM GMT-5 | F0 | Hillsborough | 0.5 | 50 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
March 17 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| March 17 | 5:30 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
March 30 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| March 30 | 4:00 AM GMT-6 | F2 | Walton | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
April 3 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| April 3 | 4:30 AM GMT-6 | F2 | Bay | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
April 10 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| April 10 | 4:00 PM GMT-5 | F2 | Leon | 0.1 | 77 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
May 2 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| May 2 | 6:00 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Hendry | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
June 4 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 4 | 2:45 PM GMT-4 | F2 | Clay | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
June 8 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 8 | 7:30 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Osceola | 0.1 | 10 | | 1 | $500 to $5,000 |
June 19 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 19 | 3:30 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
June 30 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| June 30 | 4:15 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Collier | 0.8 | 20 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
July 14 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 14 | 4:45 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Volusia | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
July 19 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| July 19 | 4:15 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Volusia | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
September 15 4 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| September 15 | 5:00 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Bay | 0.1 | 10 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
| September 15 | 5:40 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Bay | 0.5 | 200 | | | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| September 15 | 7:55 AM GMT-5 | F0 | Gulf | 0.1 | 10 | | | |
| September 15 | 12:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Santa Rosa | 0.1 | 10 | | | under $50 |
September 25 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| September 25 | 5:20 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Palm Beach | 0.1 | 23 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
September 29 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| September 29 | 1:05 PM GMT-4 | F1 | Hillsborough | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
October 7 2 tornadoes
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| October 7 | 2:25 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Saint Lucie | 0.1 | 10 | | | $5,000 to $50,000 |
| October 7 | 6:40 PM GMT-4 | F0 | Duval | 0.1 | 10 | | | $50 to $500 |
October 31 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| October 31 | 10:30 AM GMT-5 | F2 | Lee | 0.1 | 10 | 1 | | $500 to $5,000 |
November 28 1 tornado
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|
| November 28 | 6:30 PM GMT-6 | F2 | Escambia | 5.6 | 50 | | | $500 to $5,000 |
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.