Tornado History Map

Lee County, Florida tornado history

132 tornadoes recorded in or across Lee County from 1953 to 2024, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Lee County

The Storm Prediction Center records 132 tornadoes whose paths touched Lee County, Florida between 1953 and 2024. They killed 1 person and injured 35. The busiest month is June, with 25 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 31 October 1960. The most recent was on 9 October 2024.

  • 132tornadoes
  • 1death
  • 35injuries
  • 1,690per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Lee County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF09169%
F1 / EF12620%
F2 / EF21411%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating1<1%

Lee County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 40 in 1990s.1950s41960s81970s181980s171990s402000s252010s102020s10

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s8
1970s18
1980s17
1990s40
2000s25
2010s10
2020s10
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 25 in Jun.Jan10Feb3Mar8Apr6May9Jun25Jul11Aug20Sep23Oct14Nov1Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan10
Feb3
Mar8
Apr6
May9
Jun25
Jul11
Aug20
Sep23
Oct14
Nov1
Dec2

Records for Lee County

  • Deadliest and Strongest: Florida tornado31 October 1960, F2, 1 death, 0.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Florida tornado14 September 2001, F0, 19.2 miles long
  • Most recent: Florida tornado9 October 2024, EF2, 16.3 miles long

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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