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Florida Severe Weather Outlook
Friday, Oct 9: parts of Florida are under a Slight Risk of severe storms. Saturday: Slight Risk. Sunday: General thunderstorms.
The Storm Prediction Center's outlook for Florida over the next three days, the SevereWX forecast for each Florida city we cover, and what a typical severe weather year looks like here.
SPC outlook for Florida
- Day 1 (Friday, October 9): Slight Risk
- Day 2 (Saturday, October 10): Slight Risk
- Day 3 (Sunday, October 11): General thunderstorms
Florida city forecasts
- Tampa, FL severe weather forecast: today No Severe Threat, tomorrow No Severe Threat, Day 3 No Severe Threat
- Miami, FL severe weather forecast: today No Severe Threat, tomorrow No Severe Threat, Day 3 No Severe Threat
Severe weather in Florida, by the numbers
Florida averages 55.2 tornadoes a year (1996–2025), about 3.1 of them rated EF2 or stronger.
33% of them touch down between August and October, and September alone accounts for 14%. The busiest year on record in that span was 1997, with 115.
Storm reports average about 90 for large hail a year (4.2 of them 2 inches or larger) and 455 for damaging wind (2016–2025).
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database. Tornadoes are counted in the state where they began. One storm can produce many reports. spc.noaa.gov