Monroe County, Florida tornado history

85 tornadoes recorded in or across Monroe County from 1953 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 Monroe County

The Storm Prediction Center records 85 tornadoes whose paths touched Monroe County, Florida between 1953 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 18 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 4 November 1998. The most recent was on 8 October 2024.

  • 85tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 71injuries
  • 865per 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 Monroe County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF05868%
F1 / EF11922%
F2 / EF267%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating22%

Monroe County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in 1990s.1950s31960s51970s81980s131990s232000s172010s82020s8

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s5
1970s8
1980s13
1990s23
2000s17
2010s8
2020s8
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 18 in Jun.Jan2Feb4Mar5Apr7May7Jun18Jul3Aug13Sep11Oct7Nov5Dec3
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PeriodCount
Jan2
Feb4
Mar5
Apr7
May7
Jun18
Jul3
Aug13
Sep11
Oct7
Nov5
Dec3

Records for Monroe County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Florida tornado4 November 1998, F2, 20 injuries, 12 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado8 October 2024, EF1, 0.3 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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