Florida floods
Every recorded flood since 1996 · 67 counties with a record
NOAA's Storm Events Database records 3,375 floods and flash floods in Florida from 1996 through June 30, 2026, about 112 a year since 2000. The deadliest was Tropical Storm Ian (September 28, 2022): 6 deaths and $1.1 billion in damage in 2025 dollars across 7 records. Florida ranks 25th of 52 states and territories by count and 29th of 51 per square mile.
Floods in Florida, 1996 to 2026
Flood records per year (NOAA Storm Events); 2026 to June 30, 2026.
- recorded, no damage figure
- under $1 million
- $1 million or more
- $10 million or more
- $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
- $1 billion or more, or 100 deaths
- a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
- a year with a death
- Records
- 3,3751996 to June 30, 2026
- A year since 2000
- 112average
- Deaths
- 224 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $6.6Bas filed
- Busiest year
- 2024275 records
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; deaths and damage as filed, damage in 2025 dollars. Search the record at NCEI.
Are floods and flash floods common in Florida?
Florida averages about 112 floods and flash floods a year since 2000, 25th of 52 states and territories by count. The busiest year on record was 2024 (275). Per 10,000 square miles of land, Florida records 629 floods and flash floods since 1996, 29th of 51 states and territories by that measure.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1996, per 10,000 square miles of land area (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer; places under 1,000 square miles not ranked). Damage colours: Storm Events damage, 2025 dollars.
Which counties in Florida have the most floods and flash floods?
Per square mile, Duval County leads Florida: 155 days with a flood since 1996, 203.2 per 1,000 square miles of land. By raw count, Miami-Dade County has the most flood records (256 since 1996); large counties collect more records simply by covering more ground, so the ranking counts days with a record per unit of area (a storm filed for several forecast zones adds several records but one day).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, days with a record in the county since 1996 per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer); in brackets, the count of records.
When is flood season in Florida?
Florida's floods and flash floods by month. The busiest month is September (637 records).
The values, month by month
Jan 102 · Feb 143 · Mar 173 · Apr 312 · May 168 · Jun 380 · Jul 277 · Aug 403 · Sep 637 · Oct 420 · Nov 165 · Dec 195 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began, since 1996.
What were the deadliest floods and flash floods in Florida?
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-28 | Tropical Storm Ian · FloodWest Holly Hill, Volusia County One storm episode: 7 records in 7 places; the totals are the episode's. After making landfall as a major hurricane in southwest Florida near Cayo Costa, Ian crossed the peninsula and into east central Florida (southern Osceola County) as a Category 1 Hurricane with estimated maximum sustained winds of 75 mph. The system was downgraded to a tropical storm shortly thereafter and emerged ... | 6 | 0 | $1.1B | |
| 2014-01-09 | Flash FloodDelray Beach, Palm Beach County Intense thunderstorms began to develop over the east coast metropolitan area of Palm Beach County during the evening hours and began to train across the same areas for the next several hours. As a result, high rainfall amounts were observed from Delray Beach to Jupiter. The heaviest rain fell from about 8 PM to ... | 2 | 0 | $623K | |
| 2017-08-26 | FloodLongbeach, Manatee County One storm episode: 3 records in 3 places; the totals are the episode's. A trough of low pressure developed over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and passed east across the Florida Peninsula on the 26th through 28th of August, bringing abundant tropical moisture into the area. Heavy rain fell across the area each day, with some areas seeing over 16 inches of rain totals throughout the event. ... | 2 | 0 | $2.0M | |
| 1997-09-26 | Flash FloodPlant City, Hillsborough County Thirty hour rainfall totals of eight to fourteen inches caused flooding of roads, highways, homes, commercial buildings, low-lying areas and rivers over much of Pinellas and Hillsborough counties.The heaviest rainfall and subsequent flooding occurred over the cities of Gulfport, Pinellas Park and St. Petersburg in ... | 1 | 1 | $9.7M | |
| 2012-06-24 | Tropical Storm Debby · FloodNew Port Richey, Pasco County One named storm filed by several offices: 8 records in 3 episodes, 2012-06-24 to 2012-06-27; the totals are the storm's. Tropical Storm Debby lingered for several days over the northeastern Gulf of Mexico and caused high winds and heavy rain before making landfall near Steinhatchee, FL on the 26th. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Levy, Citrus, Hernando, Pasco, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, and Sarastota counties from 10 AM ... | 1 | 0 | $17M | |
| 2001-06-11 | Tropical Storm Allison · Flash FloodCountywide, Leon County Intense rainbands from the remnants of Tropical Storm Allison dumped up to 11 inches of rain in a 24-hour period. The official 24-hour rainfall total at the Tallahassee Regional Airport of 10.13 inches broke the previous record of 9.47 inches set in 1969. Federal disaster aid was declared for Leon County where nearly ... | 1 | 0 | $33M | |
| 2004-09-26 | Hurricane Ivan · Flash FloodSouth Portion, Brevard County As the center of Hurricane Jeanne move on shore to the south of Brevard County continuous heavy tropical rain fell across central and southern Brevard County. Rainfall amounts of 6 to 8 inches flooded streets and roads over Palm Bay and surrounding areas. A Palm Bay man drowned when he drove his truck into a flooded ... | 1 | 0 | – | |
| 2014-04-29 | Flash FloodGulf Beach, Escambia County One storm episode: 3 records in 3 places; the totals are the episode's. A strong storm system brought record flooding along with severe thunderstorms that produced damaging winds and tornadoes to the region. | 1 | 0 | $209M | |
| 2009-04-05 | FloodLee, Madison County One storm episode: 3 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's. Repeated heavy rainfall caused additional areal and riverine flooding in portions of Washington, Madison and Wakulla counties during the first week of April. | 1 | 0 | $5.1M | |
| 2009-05-19 | FloodDeltona, Volusia County Multiple rounds of heavy rainfall over five days lead to several feet of standing water in many areas of eastern Volusia County. Rainfall totals reached 18 to 28 inches in several coastal areas. In addition to the accumulation of rain water, onshore flow and high tides over northeast Florida restricted water from ... | 1 | 0 | $94M |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths direct and indirect, as filed by the National Weather Service, summed over each storm (one episode, or one named storm filed by several offices). Storm names from the titles of FEMA declarations that name the storm's counties.
The costliest floods and flash floods in Florida
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-10-03 | FloodMiami-Dade County · forecast zone Coastal Dade One storm episode: 2 records in 2 places; the totals are the episode's. | 0 | 0 | $1.6B | |
| 2022-09-28 | Tropical Storm Ian · FloodWest Holly Hill, Volusia County One storm episode: 7 records in 7 places; the totals are the episode's. | 6 | 0 | $1.1B | |
| 1999-10-15 | Tropical Storm Irene · Flash FloodEast Portion, Miami-Dade County One storm episode: 3 records in 3 places; the totals are the episode's. | 0 | 0 | $877M | |
| 1998-03-10 | FloodGulf County · forecast zone Gulf One storm episode: 12 records in 12 places; the totals are the episode's. | 0 | 0 | $664M | |
| 2017-09-10 | Hurricane Irma · FloodBonita Spgs, Lee County One named storm filed by several offices: 9 records in 2 episodes, 2017-09-10 to 2017-09-12; the totals are the storm's. | 0 | 0 | $655M | |
| 2024-10-09 | Hurricane Milton · FloodOak Hill, Volusia County One storm episode: 5 records in 5 places; the totals are the episode's. | 0 | 0 | $278M | |
| 2008-08-19 | Tropical Storm Fay · FloodIndrio, St. Lucie County One named storm filed by several offices: 10 records in 5 episodes, 2008-08-19 to 2008-08-23; the totals are the storm's. | 0 | 1 | $256M | |
| 2014-04-29 | Flash FloodGulf Beach, Escambia County One storm episode: 3 records in 3 places; the totals are the episode's. | 1 | 0 | $209M |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: property and crop damage as estimated by the National Weather Service, in 2025 dollars.
Are floods and flash floods becoming more frequent in Florida?
Florida's count per decade against the whole country's, and its share. NOAA recorded every event type only from 1996, so earlier decades are not comparable; the share of the national total is the fairer comparison across decades.
| Decade | Florida | United States | Florida's share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-99 | 457 | 20,986 | 2.2% |
| 2000s | 578 | 54,913 | 1.1% |
| 2010s | 1,084 | 68,322 | 1.6% |
| 2020-26 | 1,256 | 43,563 | 2.9% |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database.
The most recent floods and flash floods in Florida
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | FloodBethlehem, Holmes County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-06-18 | Flash FloodGaskin, Walton County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-06-13 | Flash FloodLongwood, Seminole County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-06-05 | FloodStock Is, Monroe County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-06-02 | FloodMiami-Dade County | 0 | 0 | $15K | |
| 2026-05-31 | FloodEnglewood, Duval County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-05-30 | FloodPalatka, Putnam County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-05-29 | FloodLake Forest, Duval County | 0 | 0 | $10K | |
| 2026-05-29 | FloodLake Forest, Duval County | 0 | 0 | $10K | |
| 2026-05-29 | FloodCedar Hills, Duval County | 0 | 0 | $10K | |
| 2026-05-29 | FloodSimpson Yard, Duval County | 0 | 0 | $20K | |
| 2026-04-08 | FloodLake Worth, Palm Beach County | 0 | 0 | $1K |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026; the newest months are revised by NCEI as reports arrive. Search the record at NCEI.
Federal disaster declarations for floods and flash floods in Florida
FEMA has declared 29 disasters in Florida for floods and flash floods, counting its incident type and declarations that name flood in the title (FEMA files most storm disasters under Severe Storm); 27 were major disasters, the latest on April 27, 2023.
| Declared | Number | Title | Areas named |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-04-27 | DR-4709 | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 |
| 2014-05-06 | DR-4177 | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding | 9 |
| 2013-08-02 | DR-4138 | Severe Storms and Flooding | 4 |
| 2009-05-27 | DR-1840 | Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds | 5 |
| 2009-04-21 | DR-1831 | Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds | 23 |
| 2007-02-08 | DR-1680 | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 1 |
| 2003-07-29 | DR-1481 | Severe Storms and Flooding | 11 |
| 2001-09-28 | DR-1393 | Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding Associated With Tropical Storm Gabrielle | 11 |
| 2000-10-04 | DR-1345 | Severe Storms and Flooding | 4 |
| 1998-02-12 | DR-1204 | Severe Storms, High Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 3 |
| 1998-01-06 | DR-1195 | Severe Storms, High Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding | 55 |
| 1995-10-27 | DR-1074 | Severe Flooding | 3 |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), through October 2, 2026. OpenFEMA dataset page.
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