Palm Beach County, Florida tornadoes

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199confirmed tornadoes since NOAA records began in 1950 (the first here in 1952). Most recent: May 24, 2025, EFU. 2026 so far: 0 preliminary reports preliminary

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Tornado paths, 1950 to 2025

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The record

At a glance

Total1991950 to 2025

Per year2.6average since 1950

Peak monthAugust31 of 199

StrongestF3Oct 19, 1958

Deaths1whole paths, see note

Injuries111whole paths, see note

Deaths and injuries are NOAA's totals for each tornado's whole path, which can extend beyond Palm Beach County.

Seasons

When tornadoes hit here

By month

August is the peak month, with 31 of 199 tornadoes.

By time of day

Most often around 3:00 PM. Times as recorded by NOAA, mostly Central Standard Time.

By year, 1950 to 2025

The line is the five-year average. Tornadoes before about 1953 were under-reported, and better radar since the 1990s finds more weak ones.

By rating

EF0

132

EF1

EF2

EF3

Unknown

Ratings before February 2007 use the original F scale; the numbers line up with today's EF scale. Unknown means NOAA could not assign a rating.

The record

Notable tornadoes

Deadliest

All 199 tornadoes, newest first

Tornadoes, newest first
Date	Rating	Path length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
May 24, 2025	EFU	0.01 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 12, 2025	EF0	5.11 mi	10 yd	0	0
Oct 9, 2024	EF3	32.89 mi	457 yd	0	7
Oct 9, 2024	EF2	65.49 mi	300 yd	0	0
Oct 9, 2024	EFU	16.35 mi	50 yd	0	0
Oct 9, 2024	EF0	15.53 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 6, 2024	EFU	0.78 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 29, 2023	EF2	2.61 mi	320 yd	0	0
Apr 28, 2023	EF0	0.76 mi	100 yd	0	0
Apr 21, 2023	EF0	0.03 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 28, 2022	EF0	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Sep 27, 2022	EF1	1.39 mi	100 yd	0	0
Sep 27, 2022	EF1	7.48 mi	150 yd	0	0
Sep 27, 2022	EF2	6.98 mi	200 yd	0	2
Apr 6, 2022	EF0	0.55 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jul 14, 2020	EF0	0.25 mi	25 yd	0	0
May 21, 2020	EF0	0.25 mi	25 yd	0	0
Apr 17, 2020	EF0	0.83 mi	75 yd	0	0
Jul 25, 2019	EF0	0.1 mi	5 yd	0	0
May 3, 2019	EF0	0.03 mi	20 yd	0	0
Jan 24, 2019	EF0	0.22 mi	25 yd	0	0
Jul 5, 2018	EF0	0.02 mi	15 yd	0	0
Jun 13, 2018	EF0	0.01 mi	5 yd	0	0
May 14, 2018	EF0	1.52 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 31, 2018	EF0	0.5 mi	25 yd	0	0
Oct 28, 2017	EF0	2.08 mi	125 yd	0	0
Oct 28, 2017	EF0	0.25 mi	75 yd	0	0
May 2, 2017	EF0	0.25 mi	25 yd	0	0
Jan 23, 2017	EF1	5.79 mi	130 yd	0	0
Jan 23, 2017	EF1	3.22 mi	90 yd	0	0
Jan 28, 2016	EF0	7.12 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 13, 2015	EF0	0.25 mi	20 yd	0	0
Aug 3, 2015	EF0	0.04 mi	1 yd	0	0
Aug 3, 2015	EF0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 10, 2015	EF0	0.21 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 23, 2015	EF0	0.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
Feb 5, 2015	EF0	1.1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Feb 5, 2015	EF1	0.3 mi	70 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 2014	EF0	0.37 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 6, 2014	EF0	0.25 mi	50 yd	0	0
Sep 16, 2013	EF0	0.07 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 6, 2013	EF0	20.73 mi	25 yd	0	0
Jun 6, 2013	EF1	2 mi	100 yd	0	1
Jun 6, 2013	EF0	0.62 mi	25 yd	0	0
May 2, 2013	EF0	0.4 mi	50 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 2013	EF0	0.14 mi	10 yd	0	0
Feb 14, 2013	EF0	0.03 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 24, 2012	EF0	1.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 24, 2012	EF0	0.01 mi	20 yd	0	0
Jan 25, 2011	EF0	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Aug 7, 2010	EF0	1.82 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 12, 2010	EF0	0.01 mi	1 yd	0	0
Mar 31, 2009	EF0	0.27 mi	100 yd	0	0
Mar 31, 2009	EF0	0.7 mi	200 yd	0	0
Aug 18, 2008	EF2	2.72 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jun 13, 2008	EF0	0.05 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 2, 2007	EF0	1.38 mi	20 yd	0	0
Apr 10, 2007	EF0	0.62 mi	75 yd	0	0
Jun 20, 2006	F0	0.2 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jul 14, 2005	F0	0.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 18, 2005	F0	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Sep 6, 2004	F0	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 19, 2004	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 12, 2004	F0	0.3 mi	15 yd	0	0
Aug 10, 2004	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 20, 2003	F0	0.4 mi	15 yd	0	0
Aug 7, 2003	F1	4 mi	300 yd	0	28
Aug 7, 2003	F0	1.5 mi	70 yd	0	0
Aug 3, 2003	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 18, 2003	F1	3 mi	30 yd	0	0
Mar 27, 2003	F0	0.5 mi	25 yd	0	0
Nov 5, 2001	F1	1.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Sep 6, 2001	F0	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 29, 2001	F0	0.5 mi	15 yd	0	0
Aug 2, 2001	F1	1.5 mi	15 yd	0	0
Nov 25, 2000	F0	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 16, 2000	F0	0.3 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 16, 2000	F0	0.4 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 10, 2000	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 19, 2000	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 8, 2000	F0	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
Apr 15, 2000	F0	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 15, 2000	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 13, 2000	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 29, 2000	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Oct 15, 1999	F1	2 mi	20 yd	0	0
Sep 14, 1999	F0	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
Sep 6, 1999	F0	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 31, 1999	F0	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
Aug 24, 1999	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 26, 1999	F0	0.1 mi	n/a	0	0
Feb 18, 1999	F0	1 mi	n/a	0	0
Feb 18, 1999	F0	2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 2, 1999	F1	3.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Nov 4, 1998	F0	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 3, 1998	F0	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 4, 1998	F0	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Feb 6, 1998	F1	0.2 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jul 15, 1997	F0	0.2 mi	23 yd	0	0
Jul 4, 1997	F0	0.2 mi	23 yd	0	0
Jan 28, 1997	F0	0.5 mi	23 yd	0	0
Jan 9, 1997	F1	1 mi	23 yd	0	0
Oct 17, 1995	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 16, 1994	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 15, 1994	F1	2.5 mi	23 yd	0	0
Nov 15, 1994	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 15, 1994	F1	0.8 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jun 21, 1994	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 26, 1993	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 17, 1992	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 29, 1992	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 13, 1991	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 14, 1991	F0	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 17, 1989	F0	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 14, 1989	F0	0.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 27, 1988	F1	3 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 30, 1988	F1	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jan 4, 1987	F0	1 mi	30 yd	0	1
Dec 31, 1986	F1	1 mi	30 yd	0	7
Dec 31, 1986	F0	1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jul 14, 1986	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 26, 1986	F0	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Jun 8, 1986	F0	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
Aug 5, 1985	F0	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 24, 1985	F1	1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 7, 1984	F0	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Apr 9, 1984	F1	5 mi	30 yd	0	0
Aug 8, 1983	F2	0.3 mi	70 yd	0	2
Aug 8, 1983	F0	1 mi	100 yd	0	0
Jul 20, 1983	F1	0.5 mi	30 yd	0	0
May 31, 1983	F0	0.4 mi	20 yd	0	0
Feb 10, 1983	F1	2 mi	40 yd	0	0
May 23, 1982	F0	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
Mar 29, 1982	F1	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	1
Sep 17, 1981	F0	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Jun 10, 1980	F1	5.6 mi	100 yd	0	1
May 8, 1980	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 19, 1980	F0	0.3 mi	20 yd	0	0
Sep 3, 1979	F0	0.1 mi	30 yd	0	0
Jan 13, 1979	F2	1 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jan 2, 1979	F1	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Jun 23, 1978	F0	0.2 mi	13 yd	0	0
Jun 11, 1978	F0	0.5 mi	10 yd	0	1
May 17, 1978	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 2, 1978	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 3, 1978	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Dec 7, 1976	F0	0.3 mi	17 yd	0	0
Sep 18, 1976	F0	0.1 mi	20 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1976	F0	0.5 mi	20 yd	0	0
May 29, 1976	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 29, 1975	F0	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Jun 3, 1975	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 19, 1975	F0	1 mi	33 yd	0	0
Feb 11, 1975	F0	0.2 mi	27 yd	0	0
Dec 16, 1974	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 18, 1972	F1	0.3 mi	50 yd	0	0
Mar 31, 1972	F1	0.5 mi	50 yd	0	0
Feb 8, 1971	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 13, 1970	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 22, 1970	F2	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 26, 1970	F2	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jan 14, 1970	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 25, 1969	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 15, 1969	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 15, 1969	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 11, 1969	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Nov 9, 1968	F1	10 mi	33 yd	0	2
Oct 17, 1968	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 10, 1968	F0	0.3 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 29, 1968	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Feb 23, 1968	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 21, 1967	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jun 3, 1967	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Mar 14, 1965	F2	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Feb 23, 1965	F1	14.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Oct 14, 1964	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	3
Oct 14, 1964	F2	0.1 mi	100 yd	0	22
Oct 14, 1964	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	3
Oct 14, 1964	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	3
Nov 10, 1963	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 11, 1963	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 8, 1962	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
May 28, 1961	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Sep 25, 1960	F1	0.1 mi	23 yd	0	0
Jun 17, 1959	F2	8.7 mi	150 yd	0	0
Oct 19, 1958	F3	20.2 mi	440 yd	1	24
Aug 3, 1958	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 3, 1958	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Apr 22, 1958	F1	0.1 mi	17 yd	0	0
Apr 22, 1958	F1	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	3
Mar 18, 1958	F2	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 22, 1956	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 5, 1955	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 2, 1955	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 29, 1955	F1	0.9 mi	17 yd	0	0
May 30, 1955	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Jul 8, 1954	F0	0.1 mi	10 yd	0	0
Aug 16, 1952	F1	0.2 mi	17 yd	0	0
Feb 26, 1952	F1	1.5 mi	17 yd	0	0

Cities

Cities in Palm Beach County

Each city page counts every tornado path within 10 miles of the city, including paths just over the county line.

Boca Raton 67
West Palm Beach 56

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025, and SPC preliminary reports for 2026. Page built October 13, 2026.