Glades County, Florida tornado history

27 tornadoes recorded in or across Glades County from 1970 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Glades County

The Storm Prediction Center records 27 tornadoes whose paths touched Glades County, Florida between 1970 and 2024. They killed 2 people and injured 9. The busiest month is June, with 8 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF3 on 9 October 2024. The most recent was on 9 October 2024.

  • 27tornadoes
  • 2deaths
  • 9injuries
  • 335per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Glades County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01659%
F1 / EF1933%
F2 / EF214%
F3 / EF314%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Glades County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1990s.1970s31980s31990s72000s32010s62020s5

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1970s3
1980s3
1990s7
2000s3
2010s6
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in Jun.Jan0Feb2Mar1Apr0May3Jun8Jul4Aug1Sep2Oct6Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb2
Mar1
Apr0
May3
Jun8
Jul4
Aug1
Sep2
Oct6
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Glades County

  • Deadliest: Florida tornado17 June 1982, F2, 1 death, 4 injuries, 8 miles long
  • Strongest and Most recent: Florida tornado9 October 2024, EF3, 3 injuries, 15.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado9 October 2024, EF1, 29.9 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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