Pembroke Pines, Florida tornadoes

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55confirmed tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of Pembroke Pines since NOAA records began in 1950. Most recent: February 18, 2024, EF0.

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Every tornado path within 10 miles

Tornado paths, 1950 to 2025
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The record

At a glance

Total55within 10 miles, 1950 to 2025
Per year0.7average since 1950
Peak monthMay10 of 55
StrongestF3Apr 10, 1956
Deaths0whole paths, see note
Injuries27whole paths, see note

Deaths and injuries are NOAA's totals for each tornado's whole path, which can run well beyond Pembroke Pines.

Seasons

When tornadoes hit here

By month

100 Jan: 3Feb: 5Mar: 5Apr: 3May: 10Jun: 6Jul: 5Aug: 4Sep: 10Oct: 4Nov: 0Dec: 0JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

May is the peak month, with 10 of 55 tornadoes.

By time of day

90 12 AM: 0: 2: 13 AM: 0: 0: 16 AM: 3: 1: 19 AM: 1: 1: 512 PM: 4: 5: 93 PM: 5: 3: 46 PM: 4: 1: 19 PM: 1: 0: 212 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

Most often around 2:00 PM. Times as recorded by NOAA, mostly Central Standard Time.

By year, 1950 to 2025

50 1950: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 1: 0: 0: 01960: 0: 1: 1: 0: 3: 0: 0: 0: 1: 11970: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 3: 01980: 2: 5: 0: 1: 0: 0: 1: 1: 1: 11990: 0: 1: 1: 0: 0: 2: 1: 2: 4: 12000: 2: 1: 0: 1: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 02010: 0: 1: 0: 0: 0: 1: 2: 4: 1: 12020: 0: 0: 3: 1: 2: 019501960197019801990200020102020

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
34
EF1
16
EF2
4
EF3
1

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

Strongest

F3, April 10, 1956

7.8 mile path Longest path

52.5 miles, F2

March 17, 1983, whole path Widest

350 yards, EF0

February 18, 2024
Every tornado

All 55 tornadoes, newest first

DateRatingPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
Feb 18, 2024EF03.4 mi350 yd00
Feb 18, 2024EF03.36 mi100 yd00
Apr 12, 2023EF00.01 mi10 yd00
Sep 27, 2022EF00.06 mi50 yd00
Sep 27, 2022EF07.44 mi75 yd00
Sep 27, 2022EF15.73 mi150 yd00
Jan 27, 2019EF00.44 mi100 yd00
Jul 10, 2018EF04.66 mi25 yd00
Sep 9, 2017EF10.25 mi50 yd00
Sep 9, 2017EF10.1 mi50 yd00
Jun 5, 2017EF00.06 mi10 yd00
Mar 13, 2017EF01.27 mi50 yd00
Feb 16, 2016EF13.78 mi150 yd00
Feb 16, 2016EF06.72 mi50 yd00
Sep 16, 2015EF02.32 mi40 yd00
Oct 18, 2011EF21.11 mi125 yd00
Oct 29, 2003F00.3 mi15 yd00
Sep 8, 2001F00.2 mi10 yd00
Jul 11, 2000F00.1 mi10 yd00
Apr 16, 2000F00.1 mi10 yd00
Oct 14, 1999F00.1 mi10 yd01
Sep 24, 1998F00.3 mi30 yd00
Jul 21, 1998F10.2 mi30 yd00
Mar 9, 1998F14.5 mi30 yd00
Feb 2, 1998F221 mi200 yd00
Nearby

Pembroke Pines and its county

Pembroke Pines is in Broward County, where NOAA has recorded 146 tornadoes since 1950. A county's record counts every tornado inside its borders, while this page counts every path within 10 miles of the city, so the two overlap without matching.

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Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025. City point and population: US Census Bureau, 2024. Each path is a straight line between NOAA's start and end points.