Hialeah Gardens, FL Tornado History — 236 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Hialeah Gardens, FL had?
Hialeah Gardens has had 236 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 4 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Hialeah Gardens?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Hialeah Gardens was an Unrated on October 9, 2024.
When is tornado season in Hialeah Gardens?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Hialeah Gardens, with 37 on record. Spring through early summer (April–June) generally sees the highest activity across most of the central and southern United States.
At a Glance
Recent Tornado Activity Near Hialeah Gardens
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 54 total, averaging 2.7 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near Hialeah Gardens since December 29, 2025
These is a preliminary report, not confirmed tornadoes. It has not yet been through an NWS damage survey, and is not counted in the confirmed totals above.
Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete. Ratings are omitted until a survey assigns one.
Confirmed records above are complete through December 29, 2025. NOAA publishes the confirmed archive annually, so tornadoes after that date appear here first and move into the totals above once finalized.
Within 25 miles of Hialeah Gardens. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports, updated daily.
Tornadoes by Decade
Tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita Rating
F0–F5 ratings (pre-2007) are grouped with their EF equivalents. The Enhanced Fujita scale replaced the original Fujita scale in February 2007.
Tornadoes by Month
Casualties on Record Near Hialeah Gardens
2 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Hialeah Gardens since 1950, across 2 events. 238 injuries have been reported across all events. 2003 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F3 on March 1, 1980, which caused 1 fatality along a 7.8-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Hialeah Gardens
About Tornadoes in Hialeah Gardens
This overview was written July 29, 2026. The tornado counts and notable-event figures elsewhere on this page reflect the latest data and may differ from this summary.
Hialeah Gardens occupies flat ground in northwest Miami-Dade County, where the urban grid gives way to the Everglades — terrain where tornadoes spin up quickly out of sea-breeze thunderstorms, tropical systems, and passing cold fronts. Many of the area's tornadoes have been brief, weak wet-season spin-ups, but some of the more destructive ones have arrived with winter and early-spring frontal storms.
A destructive F3 struck on March 2, 1980, carving a 7.8-mile path up to 500 yards wide; it killed one person, injured 33, and caused $27.5 million in property damage. An earlier F3 on June 18, 1959 tracked 12.7 miles through the area and injured 77 people. On March 27, 2003, an F2 up to 600 yards wide ran six miles, killing one person and injuring 14, and a long-tracked F2 on February 3, 1998 stayed on the ground for 21 miles.
Cold-season tornadoes are nothing new here: an F2 on December 20, 1973 injured nine people. In more recent years, an EF2 on October 19, 2011 did $4 million in damage along a 1.11-mile path, an EF1 touched down on September 27, 2022, and additional tornadoes were reported on February 18 and October 9, 2024 — a reminder that around Hialeah Gardens, tornado weather can arrive in any season.