Tornado events in Palm Beach County, Florida The tornado events on record, by date and by year

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NCEI has 198 tornado events on record for Palm Beach County, Florida, from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.

The newest tornado event on record is on 24 May 2025.

From 2016 through 2025, NCEI has 31 tornado events on record for the county.

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.
The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

Date of the data: NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. Event types on this page: Tornado.

Newest tornado events on record

May 24 2025

TornadoEF unrated

2 miles ENE of CANAL PT

May 12 2025

TornadoEF0

6 miles NNE of LOXAHATCHEE. Damage estimate: $5 thousand

Oct 9 2024

TornadoEF3

9 miles S of LOXAHATCHEE. Damage estimate: $81 million

TornadoEF unrated

6 miles W of LOXAHATCHEE

TornadoEF0

5 miles SE of CARDWELL. Damage estimate: $1 thousand

TornadoEF unrated

8 miles WNW of LOXAHATCHEE

Jan 6 2024

TornadoEF unrated

14 miles SW of LOXAHATCHEE

Apr 29 2023

TornadoEF2

2 miles NW of PALM BEACH GARDENS. Damage estimate: $250 thousand

Apr 28 2023

TornadoEF0

2 miles WSW of OCEAN RIDGE. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

Apr 21 2023

TornadoEF0

2 miles S of BOCA RATON

Sep 28 2022

TornadoEF0

1 mile WNW of OCEAN RIDGE. Damage estimate: $2 thousand

Sep 27 2022

TornadoEF1

4 miles NNE of LOXAHATCHEE. Damage estimate: $50 thousand

TornadoEF1

3 miles SW of WELLINGTON. Damage estimate: $200 thousand

TornadoEF2

2 miles NW of BOCA RATON

Apr 6 2022

TornadoEF0

3 miles NW of PALM BEACH GARDENS. Damage estimate: $153 thousand

Jul 14 2020

TornadoEF0

2 miles N of (PBI)PALM BEACH ARPT

May 21 2020

TornadoEF0

At BELLE GLADE

Apr 17 2020

TornadoEF0

1 mile SW of HYPOLUXO

Jul 25 2019

TornadoEF0

1 mile NNW of HAVERHILL

May 3 2019

TornadoEF0

5 miles N of LOXAHATCHEE

Jan 24 2019

TornadoEF0

5 miles S of OKEELANTA

Jul 5 2018

TornadoEF0

2 miles NNW of JUNO BEACH

Jun 13 2018

TornadoEF0

1 mile W of CANAL PT

May 14 2018

TornadoEF0

8 miles NNE of LOXAHATCHEE

Mar 31 2018

TornadoEF0

3 miles SE of PAHOKEE

A place is the text of the NCEI record: a distance and a direction from a reference place. The site does not show a place text that names a private property or reads as a person. A tornado before February 2007 has a rating on the Fujita scale (F). A later tornado has a rating on the Enhanced Fujita scale (EF).

Tornado events by year

Tornado events on record for Palm Beach 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	2	0	1	4	1	0	6	1	15
1960s	1	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	5	4	21
1970s	4	1	2	0	1	4	4	0	5	3	24
1980s	3	1	2	5	2	2	5	1	2	2	25
1990s	0	2	2	1	5	1	0	4	4	9	28
2000s	10	4	0	6	4	2	1	2	2	2	33
2010s	2	1	2	7	2	7	1	5	4	3	34
2020s	3	0	5	3	5	2	0 (part of the year)				18

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

Tornado events are on record from 1950. The year 2026 has the events through 30 Jun 2026 only.

By month, all years

Jan13 events
Feb11 events
Mar14 events
Apr18 events
May25 events
Jun23 events
Jul17 events
Aug31 events
Sep19 events
Oct14 events
Nov9 events
Dec4 events

Magnitudes on record

Tornado events on record for Palm Beach County by rating
Rating	Wind estimate of the scale	Events
EF0 or F0	65 to 85 mph (EF0)	122
EF1 or F1	86 to 110 mph (EF1)	43
EF2 or F2	111 to 135 mph (EF2)	11
EF3 or F3	136 to 165 mph (EF3)	2
EF4 or F4	166 to 200 mph (EF4)	0
EF5 or F5	more than 200 mph (EF5)	0
Unrated	no rating on record	20

Tornadoes may contain multiple segments. A tornado that crosses a county line or state line is considered a separate segment.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The Enhanced F-scale still is a set of wind estimates (not measurements) based on damage.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NWS Storm Prediction Center, Enhanced Fujita Tornado Damage Scale, copied on 2 Oct 2026.

The wind estimates are those of the Enhanced Fujita scale.

Beside the other counties

Tornado events on record: Palm Beach County beside the total of the counties of Florida and of the United States
Measure	Palm Beach	All counties of Florida	All counties of the United States
Tornado events, 1950 to 2026	198	3,818	81,254
Events for each 100 square miles	10.1	7.1	2.3
Events for each 10,000 residents	1.3	1.8	2.4

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. A forecast zone with another name than a county counts for the state only.

More tornado events on record

Tornado events on record for Palm Beach County, newest first, without the 25 newest events above
Date	Event type	Magnitude	Damage estimate	Deaths	Injuries	On record for
28 Oct 2017	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
28 Oct 2017	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
2 May 2017	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
23 Jan 2017	Tornado	EF1	$1.0 million	0	0	County
23 Jan 2017	Tornado	EF1	none	0	0	County
28 Jan 2016	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
13 Aug 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
3 Aug 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
3 Aug 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
10 Jun 2015	Tornado	EF0	$5 thousand	0	0	County
23 Apr 2015	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
5 Feb 2015	Tornado	EF1	$5 thousand	0	0	County
5 Feb 2015	Tornado	EF0	$8 thousand	0	0	County
16 Aug 2014	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
6 Mar 2014	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
16 Sep 2013	Tornado	EF0	$1 thousand	0	0	County
6 Jun 2013	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
6 Jun 2013	Tornado	EF1	none	0	1	County
6 Jun 2013	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
2 May 2013	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
30 Apr 2013	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
14 Feb 2013	Tornado	EF0	$1 thousand	0	0	County
24 Jun 2012	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
24 Jun 2012	Tornado	EF0	$50 thousand	0	0	County
25 Jan 2011	Tornado	EF0	$20 thousand	0	0	County
7 Aug 2010	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
12 Apr 2010	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
31 Mar 2009	Tornado	EF0	$75 thousand	0	0	County
31 Mar 2009	Tornado	EF0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
19 Aug 2008	Tornado	EF2	$1.3 million	0	0	County
13 Jun 2008	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
2 Jul 2007	Tornado	EF0	none	0	0	County
10 Apr 2007	Tornado	EF0	$10 thousand	0	0	County
20 Jun 2006	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
14 Jul 2005	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
18 Jun 2005	Tornado	F0	$50 thousand	0	0	County
6 Sep 2004	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
19 Aug 2004	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
12 Aug 2004	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
10 Aug 2004	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
20 Aug 2003	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
7 Aug 2003	Tornado	F0	$50 thousand	0	0	County
7 Aug 2003	Tornado	F1	$80 million	0	28	County
3 Aug 2003	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
18 Apr 2003	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
27 Mar 2003	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
5 Nov 2001	Tornado	F1	$10 thousand	0	0	County
6 Sep 2001	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
29 Aug 2001	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
2 Aug 2001	Tornado	F1	$100 thousand	0	0	County
25 Nov 2000	Tornado	F0	$100 thousand	0	0	County
16 Sep 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
16 Sep 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
10 Jul 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
19 Jun 2000	Tornado	F0	$1 thousand	0	0	County
8 May 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
15 Apr 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
15 Apr 2000	Tornado	F0	$5 thousand	0	0	County
13 Apr 2000	Tornado	F0	$1 thousand	0	0	County
29 Mar 2000	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
15 Oct 1999	Tornado	F1	$100 thousand	0	0	County
14 Sep 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
6 Sep 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
31 Aug 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
24 Aug 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
26 Mar 1999	Tornado	F0	$2 thousand	0	0	County
18 Feb 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
18 Feb 1999	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
2 Jan 1999	Tornado	F1	$5.9 million	0	0	County
4 Nov 1998	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
3 Aug 1998	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
4 May 1998	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
6 Feb 1998	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
15 Jul 1997	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
4 Jul 1997	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
28 Jan 1997	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
9 Jan 1997	Tornado	F1	$75 thousand	0	0	County
17 Oct 1995	Tornado	not recorded	$15 thousand	0	0	County
16 Nov 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
15 Nov 1994	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
15 Nov 1994	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
15 Nov 1994	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
21 Jun 1994	Tornado	F0	$50 thousand	0	0	County
26 Aug 1993	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
17 Sep 1992	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
29 Aug 1992	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
13 Jun 1991	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
14 May 1991	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
17 Jul 1989	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
14 Jul 1989	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
27 May 1988	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
30 Apr 1988	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
4 Jan 1987	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	1	County
31 Dec 1986	Tornado	F0	$250 thousand	0	0	County
31 Dec 1986	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	7	County
14 Jul 1986	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
26 Jun 1986	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
8 Jun 1986	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
5 Aug 1985	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
24 May 1985	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
7 Jul 1984	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
9 Apr 1984	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	0	County
8 Aug 1983	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
8 Aug 1983	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	2	County
20 Jul 1983	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
31 May 1983	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
10 Feb 1983	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
23 May 1982	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
29 Mar 1982	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	1	County
17 Sep 1981	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
10 Jun 1980	Tornado	F1	$2.5 million	0	1	County
8 May 1980	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
19 Apr 1980	Tornado	F0	$250 thousand	0	0	County
3 Sep 1979	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
13 Jan 1979	Tornado	F2	$2.5 million	0	0	County
2 Jan 1979	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	0	0	County
23 Jun 1978	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	0	County
11 Jun 1978	Tornado	F0	$25 thousand	0	1	County
17 May 1978	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
2 May 1978	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
3 Mar 1978	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
7 Dec 1976	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
18 Sep 1976	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
16 Aug 1976	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
29 May 1976	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
29 Jun 1975	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
3 Jun 1975	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
19 Mar 1975	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
11 Feb 1975	Tornado	F0	$3 thousand	0	0	County
16 Dec 1974	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
18 Jun 1972	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
31 Mar 1972	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
8 Feb 1971	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
13 Aug 1970	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
22 Jul 1970	Tornado	F2	none	0	0	County
26 Mar 1970	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
14 Jan 1970	Tornado	F1	none	0	0	County
25 May 1969	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
15 May 1969	Tornado	F1	$250	0	0	County
15 May 1969	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
11 May 1969	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
9 Nov 1968	Tornado	F1	$250 thousand	0	2	County
17 Oct 1968	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
10 Sep 1968	Tornado	F0	none	0	0	County
29 May 1968	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
23 Feb 1968	Tornado	not recorded	$250	0	0	County
21 Sep 1967	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	0	0	County
3 Jun 1967	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	0	0	County
14 Mar 1965	Tornado	F2	$25 thousand	0	0	County
14 Oct 1964	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	3	County
14 Oct 1964	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	3	County
14 Oct 1964	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	22	County
14 Oct 1964	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	3	County
10 Nov 1963	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
11 Jul 1963	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
8 Sep 1962	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
28 May 1961	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
25 Sep 1960	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
17 Jun 1959	Tornado	F2	$250 thousand	0	0	County
19 Oct 1958	Tornado	F3	$250 thousand	1	24	County
3 Aug 1958	Tornado	not recorded	$3 thousand	0	0	County
3 Aug 1958	Tornado	not recorded	$250	0	0	County
22 Apr 1958	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
22 Apr 1958	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	3	County
18 Mar 1958	Tornado	F2	$3 thousand	0	0	County
22 Aug 1956	Tornado	F0	$250	0	0	County
5 Aug 1955	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
2 Aug 1955	Tornado	F0	$30	0	0	County
29 Jul 1955	Tornado	F1	$25 thousand	0	0	County
30 May 1955	Tornado	not recorded	none	0	0	County
8 Jul 1954	Tornado	not recorded	$30	0	0	County
16 Aug 1952	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County
26 Feb 1952	Tornado	F1	$3 thousand	0	0	County

The table has all other events on record. A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record.

Official channels

NCEI Storm Events Database (opens in a new tab)Search the full NCEI record by state, county and date.
National Weather Service: Miami - South Florida (opens in a new tab)The forecast office that issues the weather warnings for the county.
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.

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

Cite this page

County Hazards. "Tornado events on record for Palm Beach County, Florida". https://countyhazards.com/county/fl/palm-beach/tornado/. Data: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database through 30 Jun 2026. Page made on 2 Oct 2026.

Questions

Which month has the most tornado events on record for Palm Beach County?: August has 31 of the 198 tornado events on record from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026.
How many tornado events are on record for Florida?: NCEI has 3,820 tornado events on record for Florida from 1950 through 30 Jun 2026. That count has every forecast zone of the state.
How does Palm Beach County compare with the other counties of Florida?: The counties of Florida have 7.1 tornado events for each 100 square miles. Palm Beach County has 10.1.
Which tornado ratings are on record for Palm Beach County?: 165 tornado events have a rating of EF0, F0, EF1 or F1. 13 events have a higher rating. 20 events have no rating.