Brevard County, Florida Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record

Name: Newest storm events on record for Brevard County, Florida
Creator: County Hazards
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This page is a county record of past events and claims. It does not show the flood zone or the risk of an address. For the flood map of an address, use FEMA's address search (opens in a new tab).

NCEI has 1,004 storm events on record for Brevard County, Florida, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

Jun 24 2026

The newest event on record is a thunderstorm wind event on 24 Jun 2026.

FEMA has 45 disaster declarations on record for the county from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is DR-4834 of 11 Oct 2024.

OpenFEMA has 5,690 NFIP claims on record for the county from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026. The NFIP paid $69 million on these claims.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.
The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.
Zone (NWS Forecast Zone): A zone is a geographic area defined by the NWS for issuing forecasts, watches, and warnings. While zones often align with counties, they can also represent smaller or subdivided areas within a county to account for differences in weather conditions, such as elevation or proximity to water. Larger-scale events—such as heat, cold, drought, and winter storms—are typically recorded by zone.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.
This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.
It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.
The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026.

Since the last update: no change is on record for Brevard County. The site compares the agency data at each update. Updates of the data

The five hazards

Storm events on record for Brevard County by hazard and period (NCEI, through 30 Jun 2026)
Hazard	1950 to 2026	2000 to 2009	2010 to 2019	2020 to 2026	Newest event
Hail	236	76	56	29	15 Mar 2026
Tornado	139	19	19	8	7 Sep 2025
Flood	36	7	9	14	26 Oct 2025
Wind	440	78	139	76	24 Jun 2026
Winter	2	1	1	0	9 Jan 2010
Other event types	151	Heat, cold, drought, wildfire, lightning, fog, tropical and other types
All storm events	1,004	231	276	158	24 Jun 2026

A hazard name opens the page of that hazard for the county. A hazard has a page from 10 events. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

Forecast zones with the name of the county give 45 of the 1,004 events. A county count has the events that NCEI gives to the county. It also has the events of a forecast zone that has the name of the county. A zone with another name counts for the state only.

Rates of Brevard County beside the total of the counties of Florida and of the United States
Measure	Brevard	All counties of Florida	All counties of the United States
Storm events for each 100 square miles, 1950 to 2026	98.9	67.3	49.3
Storm events for each 10,000 residents, 1950 to 2026	16.3	16.6	52.5
NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force, 2016 to 2025	51.4	191.4	185.3

The columns for the state and the United States total the counties. They count the events of each county in the same way as the county column. The site gives a rate for each 10,000 residents only from 10,000 residents. Residents and area: Census Bureau, 2021.

Newest storm events on record

Jun 24 2026

Thunderstorm Wind64 mph (56 knots, measured gust)

1 mile ESE of VALKARIA

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, measured gust)

1 mile W of MELBOURNE BEACH

Jun 23 2026

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, estimated gust)

1 mile E of INDIALANTIC

Jun 17 2026

Thunderstorm Wind61 mph (53 knots, measured gust)

1 mile W of MELBOURNE BEACH

Jun 3 2026

Thunderstorm Wind63 mph (55 knots, measured gust)

1 mile ESE of VALKARIA

May 31 2026

Funnel Cloud

1 mile W of MELBOURNE

May 10 2026

Thunderstorm Wind67 mph (58 knots, measured gust)

5 miles SSE of TITUSVILLE BEACH

Thunderstorm Wind58 mph (50 knots, measured gust)

5 miles ENE of TITUSVILLE

May 2 2026

Thunderstorm Wind59 mph (51 knots, measured gust)

1 mile WSW of CAPE CANAVRAL MISL S

Thunderstorm Wind59 mph (51 knots, measured gust)

7 miles ESE of SHILOH

Mar 15 2026

Hail1.50 in, ping-pong ball size

3 miles WSW of VALKARIA ARPT

Hail1.00 in, quarter size

4 miles WSW of PALM BAY

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

3 miles SW of VALKARIA ARPT

Hail1.25 in, half dollar size

5 miles SW of VALKARIA ARPT

Oct 26 2025

Flash Flood

5 miles ENE of FRONTENAC. Damage estimate: $3.1 million

Flash Flood

3 miles SSW of SHARPES. Damage estimate: $1.9 million

Flash Flood

2 miles W of MIMS. Damage estimate: $5.3 million

Thunderstorm Wind60 mph (52 knots, measured gust)

2 miles SSE of PLAYALINDA BEACH

Oct 10 2025

Flash Flood

3 miles WSW of JUNE PARK. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Sep 7 2025

TornadoEF0

5 miles W of VALKARIA ARPT. Damage estimate: $10 thousand

Jul 22 2025

Flash Flood

At MELBOURNE. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Jul 15 2025

Flood

2 miles NNW of MIMS. Damage estimate: $300 thousand

Jul 13 2025

Thunderstorm Wind59 mph (51 knots, measured gust)

3 miles WSW of CAPE CANAVERAL

Jun 4 2025

Thunderstorm Wind55 mph (48 knots, estimated gust)

2 miles ENE of MERRITT IS

May 24 2025

Hail1.75 in, golf ball size

5 miles WSW of VALKARIA ARPT

The 25 events above are the newest in the NCEI record. A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. Wind speed is in miles per hour, with the knots that NCEI gives. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. Download these events (CSV)

Storm events on record for Brevard County by year, 1950 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1950s	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	5
1960s	1	0	0	4	2	1	1	1	9	4	23
1970s	6	5	6	4	9	7	2	4	4	6	53
1980s	3	2	7	8	0	5	3	2	3	9	42
1990s	9	11	17	11	13	15	27	46	41	26	216
2000s	14	38	13	26	34	19	15	21	35	16	231
2010s	23	46	49	29	18	12	12	22	33	32	276
2020s	15	14	19	56	13	27	14 (part of the year)				158

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996. A count before 1996 has fewer event types.

FEMA disaster declarations

Oct 11 2024

FEMA has 45 disaster declarations on record for Brevard County from 1964 through 1 Oct 2026. The newest is DR-4834: HURRICANE MILTON.

Disaster declarations that name Brevard County (OpenFEMA, through 1 Oct 2026)
Declared	Number	Type	Incident type	Title in the FEMA record	Assistance
11 Oct 2024	DR-4834	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE MILTON	Individual, Public
7 Oct 2024	EM-3622	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE MILTON	Public
10 Aug 2024	DR-4806	Major disaster	Tropical Storm	HURRICANE DEBBY	Public
3 Aug 2024	EM-3605	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM DEBBY	Public
31 Aug 2023	DR-4734	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IDALIA	Public
28 Aug 2023	EM-3596	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM IDALIA	Public
13 Dec 2022	DR-4680	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE NICOLE	Individual, Public
8 Nov 2022	EM-3587	Emergency	Tropical Storm	TROPICAL STORM NICOLE	Public
29 Sep 2022	DR-4673	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IAN	Individual, Public
24 Sep 2022	EM-3584	Emergency	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM IAN	Public
1 Aug 2020	EM-3533	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE ISAIAS	Public
25 Mar 2020	DR-4486	Major disaster	Biological	COVID-19 PANDEMIC	Individual, Public
13 Mar 2020	EM-3432	Emergency	Biological	COVID-19	Public
21 Oct 2019	DR-4468	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE DORIAN	Public
30 Aug 2019	EM-3419	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE DORIAN	Public
10 Sep 2017	DR-4337	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA	Individual, Public
5 Sep 2017	EM-3385	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE IRMA	Public
8 Oct 2016	DR-4283	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE MATTHEW	Individual, Public
6 Oct 2016	EM-3377	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE MATTHEW	Public
24 Aug 2008	DR-1785	Major disaster	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM FAY	Individual, Public
21 Aug 2008	EM-3288	Emergency	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM FAY	Public
12 May 2008	FM-2765	Fire management assistance	Fire	BREVARD FIRE COMPLEX	Public
24 Oct 2005	DR-1609	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE WILMA	Individual, Public
5 Sep 2005	EM-3220	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION	Public
26 Sep 2004	DR-1561	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE JEANNE	Individual, Public
16 Sep 2004	DR-1551	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE IVAN	Individual
4 Sep 2004	DR-1545	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE FRANCES	Individual, Public
13 Aug 2004	DR-1539	Major disaster	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM BONNIE AND HURRICANE CHARLEY	Individual, Public
17 Apr 2001	FM-2357	Fire management assistance	Fire	FL - ORLANDO COMPLEX FIRE	Public
5 Feb 2001	DR-1359	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE FREEZE	Individual
28 May 2000	FM-2301	Fire management assistance	Fire	FL, ORLANDO DISTRICT FIRE COMPLEX	Public
20 Oct 1999	DR-1306	Major disaster	Hurricane	FL-HURRICANE IRENE-DR-REQ	Individual, Public
15 Oct 1999	EM-3150	Emergency	Hurricane	TROPICAL STORM IRENE - FLORIDA	Public
22 Sep 1999	DR-1300	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLOYD MAJOR DISASTER DECLARATIONS	Public
14 Sep 1999	EM-3143	Emergency	Hurricane	HURRICANE FLOYD EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS	Public
27 Apr 1999	EM-3139	Emergency	Fire	FL-FIRES 04/15/99	Public
15 Apr 1999	FM-2253	Fire management assistance	Fire	FL-FIRES 04/13/99	Public
18 Jun 1998	DR-1223	Major disaster	Fire	EXTREME FIRE HAZARD	Individual, Public
6 Jan 1998	DR-1195	Major disaster	Severe Storm	SEVERE STORMS, HIGH WINDS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING	Individual, Public
10 Aug 1995	DR-1062	Major disaster	Hurricane	HURRICANE ERIN	Individual, Public
28 Nov 1994	DR-1043	Major disaster	Severe Storm	TROPICAL STORM GORDON TORNADOES FLOODING RAINFALL	Individual
15 Jan 1990	DR-851	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE FREEZE	Individual
18 Mar 1985	DR-732	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE FREEZE	Individual
31 Jan 1977	DR-526	Major disaster	Freezing	SEVERE WINTER WEATHER	Individual
23 Jun 1972	DR-337	Major disaster	Coastal Storm	TROPICAL STORM AGNES	Individual, Public

DR is a major disaster declaration. EM is an emergency declaration. FM is a fire management assistance declaration. A declaration for the whole state is on the Florida page. What a disaster declaration is

The dataset includes declared recovery programs and geographic areas (county not available before 1964; Fire Management records are considered partial due to historical nature of the dataset).

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

Flood insurance claims (NFIP)

OpenFEMA has 5,690 NFIP claims on record for Brevard County from 1978 through 8 Sep 2026.

The NFIP paid $69,116,815 on 2,910 claims.

The county has 51.4 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 1,508 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 29,365 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.

NFIP claims in Brevard County by year of loss, 1978 to 2026
Decade	Year that ends in 0	Year that ends in 1	Year that ends in 2	Year that ends in 3	Year that ends in 4	Year that ends in 5	Year that ends in 6	Year that ends in 7	Year that ends in 8	Year that ends in 9	All
1970s									3	46	49
1980s	7	19	15	11	67	6	2	12	3	46	188
1990s	4	12	13	12	157	362	35	14	20	417	1,046
2000s	22	40	12	12	1,084	156	3	6	1,362	16	2,713
2010s	11	84	23	15	32	15	176	901	17	20	1,294
2020s	15	14	168	23	61	113	6 (part of the year)				400

A darker cell has a larger count. The number is in each cell.

NFIP claims by year of loss with the amount paid: 49 years

NFIP claims in Brevard County by year of loss, with the amount paid (OpenFEMA, through 8 Sep 2026)
Year of loss	Claims	Claims with a payment	Amount paid
2026	6	not shown	not shown
2025	113	89	$6,379,597
2024	61	27	$1,192,854
2023	23	not shown	not shown
2022	168	76	$3,601,483
2021	14	5	$174,589
2020	15	not shown	not shown
2019	20	not shown	not shown
2018	17	not shown	not shown
2017	901	603	$21,223,766
2016	176	43	$786,769
2015	15	not shown	not shown
2014	32	9	$59,397
2013	15	not shown	not shown
2012	23	not shown	not shown
2011	84	28	$128,102
2010	11	0	$0
2009	16	not shown	not shown
2008	1,362	1,034	$19,373,429
2007	6	not shown	not shown
2006	3	not shown	not shown
2005	156	92	$2,521,190
2004	1,084	402	$10,496,662
2003	12	not shown	not shown
2002	12	not shown	not shown
2001	40	20	$176,794
2000	22	7	$37,595
1999	417	129	$827,094
1998	20	not shown	not shown
1997	14	8	$22,674
1996	35	8	$17,765
1995	362	153	$1,183,386
1994	157	47	$173,927
1993	12	not shown	not shown
1992	13	not shown	not shown
1991	12	not shown	not shown
1990	4	not shown	not shown
1989	46	21	$178,967
1988	3	not shown	not shown
1987	12	5	$30,983
1986	2	not shown	not shown
1985	6	not shown	not shown
1984	67	19	$108,348
1983	11	5	$13,467
1982	15	10	$7,572
1981	19	11	$57,592
1980	7	not shown	not shown
1979	46	11	$37,165
1978	3	not shown	not shown

A year with fewer than 5 claims shows the count of claims and no amount. A year with 1 to 4 claims with a payment shows no amount either. Such an amount could point to one property. The amount is the sum of the building, contents and increased cost of compliance payments. FEMA counts 304 multiple-loss properties in the county (2 Aug 2026). How FEMA redacts NFIP claims

This dataset is not intended to be an official federal report, and should not be considered an official federal report.
Note, the County Code field may not reflect the individual county the property is located as projects can be associated with more than one county

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

FEMA cannot verify the quality and/or timeliness of any data or any analysis derived therefrom after the data has been retrieved from FEMA.gov.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Terms and Conditions, copied on 2 Oct 2026. The page gives: last updated 2025-01-22.

National Risk Index

Risk Index rating: Relatively High
Risk Index score: 98.4 of 100
Expected Annual Loss rating: Relatively High
Expected Annual Loss: $389 million
Social Vulnerability rating: Relatively Moderate
Community Resilience rating: Relatively High

National Risk Index of Brevard County by hazard type (FEMA, December 2025 release)
Hazard type	Risk Index rating	Expected Annual Loss
Coastal flooding	Relatively Moderate	$2,627,572
Cold wave	Relatively Low	$418,723
Drought	Relatively Low	$133,081
Earthquake	Very Low	$225,258
Hail	Relatively Low	$143,819
Heat wave	Relatively Moderate	$2,075,124
Hurricane	Very High	$281,477,818
Inland flooding	Relatively High	$73,153,558
Landslide	Very Low	$1,281
Lightning	Very High	$5,554,499
Strong wind	Relatively High	$3,317,330
Tornado	Relatively High	$12,381,836
Wildfire	Relatively Moderate	$7,811,078

The National Risk Index dataset leverages available source data for natural hazard and community risk factors to develop a baseline relative risk measurement for each United States county and Census tract.
The rating is a qualitative categorization that describes the community in comparison to all other communities at the same level, ranging from “Very Low” to “Very High.”
The National Risk Index data are meant for planning purposes only.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, National Risk Index Data: Frequently Asked Questions (December 2025, v1.20), copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The labels and the ratings are those of FEMA. Expected Annual Loss is a figure for a whole county. It is not a figure for a property. How to read the National Risk Index

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks

The HURDAT2 record of the National Hurricane Center has 111 tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of the county, through the 2025 season. 13 of them were within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

Storm names, years and distances: 40 tracks

Tropical storm and hurricane tracks within 100 miles of the centre point of Brevard County (NHC HURDAT2)
Storm name	Year	Nearest point of the track	Highest wind within 100 miles
Milton	2024	39 miles	81 mph
Alex	2022	78 miles	46 mph
Ian	2022	9 miles	115 mph
Nicole	2022	54 miles	75 mph
Isaias	2020	61 miles	69 mph
Dorian	2019	97 miles	104 mph
Irma	2017	92 miles	75 mph
Julia	2016	21 miles	52 mph
Matthew	2016	48 miles	127 mph
Arthur	2014	95 miles	58 mph
Fay	2008	9 miles	69 mph
Ernesto	2006	14 miles	52 mph
Ophelia	2005	70 miles	75 mph
Tammy	2005	30 miles	52 mph
Charley	2004	56 miles	86 mph
Frances	2004	62 miles	104 mph
Jeanne	2004	69 miles	121 mph
Edouard	2002	78 miles	40 mph
Gabrielle	2001	24 miles	52 mph
Irene	1999	50 miles	75 mph
Erin	1995	45 miles	86 mph
Jerry	1995	48 miles	40 mph
Gordon	1994	47 miles	63 mph
Chris	1988	43 miles	46 mph
Keith	1988	46 miles	46 mph
Bob	1985	18 miles	69 mph
Isabel	1985	93 miles	46 mph
Diana	1984	64 miles	69 mph
Isidore	1984	60 miles	52 mph
Barry	1983	59 miles	46 mph
Dennis	1981	28 miles	46 mph
David	1979	24 miles	98 mph
Dottie	1976	43 miles	52 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1974	60 miles	63 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1974	47 miles	46 mph
Gerda	1969	55 miles	40 mph
Abby	1968	9 miles	75 mph
Brenda	1968	28 miles	40 mph
Dolly	1968	9 miles	40 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1965	80 miles	63 mph

A name is the storm name that the National Hurricane Center gave. The distance is from the centre line of the track. It does not show how far the wind, the rain or the surge of a storm went.

ZIP Codes, cities and towns of Brevard County

Each ZIP Code below has a page with its NFIP claims by year. 4 more ZIP Codes have fewer than 5 claims and no page.

A city or town has no page of its own. This page is the record for the whole county, which has these places:

Cape Canaveral
Cocoa
Cocoa Beach
Cocoa West
Grant-Valkaria
Indialantic
Indian Harbour Beach
June Park
Malabar
Melbourne
Melbourne Beach
Melbourne Village
Merritt Island
Micco
Mims
North Merritt Island
Palm Bay
Palm Shores
Patrick AFB
Port St. John
Rockledge
Satellite Beach
Scottsmoor
Sharpes
South Patrick Shores
Titusville
Tropical Park
Viera East
Viera West
West Canaveral Groves
West Melbourne

Official channels

FEMA Flood Map Service Center: Search By Address (opens in a new tab)Search an address to see its flood map. This site has no flood-zone data.
National Weather Service: Melbourne, FL (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
Florida Division of Emergency Management (opens in a new tab)The emergency management agency of the state.
NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.

These links open the pages of the agencies. The site checked the links on 2 Oct 2026.

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Brevard County, Florida: storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims on record". https://countyhazards.com/county/fl/brevard/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026; FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Where the data comes from

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026.
Disaster declarations: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, read on 1 Oct 2026.
NFIP claims: OpenFEMA NFIP Claims, as of 8 Sep 2026. Multiple-loss properties: 2 Aug 2026. Policies in force: 3 Aug 2026.
National Risk Index: FEMA, December 2025 release. Storm tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through the 2025 season.
Residents, area, places and adjacent counties: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage.

How the counts are made · Corrections · Hazards in all states: hail, tornado, flood, wind, winter

Questions

How many tornado events are on record for Brevard County?: NCEI has 139 tornado events on record for Brevard County from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. 19 events have a rating of EF2 or F2, or a higher rating.
How large is the hail on record for Brevard County?: NCEI has 236 hail events on record from 1955 through 30 Jun 2026. 41 events have a hail size of 1.75 inches or more. NCEI names 1.75 inches a golf ball.
Which month has the most storm events on record for Brevard County?: June has 216 of the 1,004 storm events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many NFIP claims are there for each 1,000 policies in force in Brevard County?: The county has 51.4 NFIP claims for each 1,000 policies in force. The rate uses 1,508 claims with a year of loss from 2016 to 2025. FEMA counts 29,365 residential policies in force on 3 Aug 2026. The claims have every type of building. FEMA counts residential policies only.