West Palm Beach, Florida tornadoes

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56confirmed tornadoes have passed within 10 miles of West Palm Beach since NOAA records began in 1950. Most recent: May 12, 2025, EF0.

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Every tornado path within 10 miles

Tornado paths, 1950 to 2025
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Each path is a straight line from where the tornado started to where it ended, which is all most NOAA records hold. Tap a path for its details.

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The record

At a glance

Total56within 10 miles, 1950 to 2025
Per year0.7average since 1950
Peak monthAugust13 of 56
StrongestEF3Oct 9, 2024
Deaths0whole paths, see note
Injuries46whole paths, see note

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

Seasons

When tornadoes hit here

By month

130 Jan: 4Feb: 2Mar: 7Apr: 3May: 9Jun: 7Jul: 5Aug: 13Sep: 1Oct: 3Nov: 1Dec: 1JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

August is the peak month, with 13 of 56 tornadoes.

By time of day

100 12 AM: 3: 0: 03 AM: 0: 3: 16 AM: 0: 1: 19 AM: 1: 2: 212 PM: 3: 10: 103 PM: 8: 7: 26 PM: 1: 1: 09 PM: 0: 0: 012 AM3 AM6 AM9 AM12 PM3 PM6 PM9 PM

Most often around 1:00 PM. Times as recorded by NOAA, mostly Central Standard Time.

By year, 1950 to 2025

30 1950: 0: 0: 1: 0: 0: 1: 1: 0: 1: 01960: 0: 1: 1: 1: 1: 0: 0: 0: 0: 11970: 1: 0: 2: 0: 1: 3: 1: 0: 2: 11980: 2: 0: 2: 3: 1: 1: 0: 0: 0: 01990: 0: 1: 1: 0: 0: 0: 0: 0: 1: 22000: 2: 0: 0: 2: 2: 0: 0: 1: 0: 22010: 0: 0: 2: 1: 0: 2: 0: 2: 0: 12020: 1: 0: 1: 1: 1: 119501960197019801990200020102020

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
37
EF1
15
EF2
3
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

EF3, October 9, 2024

32.89 mile path Longest path

32.89 miles, EF3

October 9, 2024, whole path Widest

457 yards, EF3

October 9, 2024
Every tornado

All 56 tornadoes, newest first

DateRatingPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
May 12, 2025EF05.11 mi10 yd00
Oct 9, 2024EF332.89 mi457 yd07
Apr 29, 2023EF22.61 mi320 yd00
Apr 6, 2022EF00.55 mi100 yd00
Jul 14, 2020EF00.25 mi25 yd00
Jul 25, 2019EF00.1 mi5 yd00
Oct 28, 2017EF02.08 mi125 yd00
Jan 23, 2017EF15.79 mi130 yd00
Aug 3, 2015EF00.04 mi1 yd00
Aug 3, 2015EF00.1 mi10 yd00
Jun 6, 2013EF12 mi100 yd01
Jun 24, 2012EF01.2 mi30 yd00
Jun 24, 2012EF00.01 mi20 yd00
Mar 31, 2009EF00.27 mi100 yd00
Mar 31, 2009EF00.7 mi200 yd00
Jul 2, 2007EF01.38 mi20 yd00
Aug 19, 2004F00.1 mi10 yd00
Aug 10, 2004F00.1 mi10 yd00
Aug 20, 2003F00.4 mi15 yd00
Aug 7, 2003F14 mi300 yd028
Nov 25, 2000F00.5 mi10 yd00
May 8, 2000F00.1 min/a00
Mar 26, 1999F00.1 min/a00
Jan 2, 1999F13.2 mi30 yd00
May 4, 1998F00.1 mi30 yd00
Nearby

West Palm Beach and its county

West Palm Beach is in Palm Beach County, where NOAA has recorded 199 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.