Port Saint Lucie, FL Tornado History — 114 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Port Saint Lucie, FL had?
Port Saint Lucie has had 114 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 6 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Port Saint Lucie?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Port Saint Lucie was an EF0 on October 9, 2024.
When is tornado season in Port Saint Lucie?
October is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Port Saint Lucie, with 25 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 Port Saint Lucie
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 41 total, averaging 2.0 per year over this window.
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 Port Saint Lucie
9 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Port Saint Lucie since 1950, across 3 events. 68 injuries have been reported across all events. 2024 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was an EF3 on October 9, 2024, which caused 6 fatalities along a 21.2-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Port Saint Lucie
About Tornadoes in Port Saint Lucie
This overview was written August 10, 2026. The tornado counts and notable-event figures elsewhere on this page reflect the latest data and may differ from this summary.
Long quiet stretches and sudden, ferocious days sit side by side in Port Saint Lucie's tornado history. An F1 brushed the area on April 13, 1953, injuring 1 person, and an F3 that struck on September 18, 1954 killed 2 people on a compact track. The spring of 1958 brought an F3 that injured 20 people on April 15, and on October 19 of that same year another F3 killed 1 person along a 20.2-mile path. An F3 on January 24, 1979 cut a 9.6-mile track behind a winter cold front. Then came October 9, 2024, when an EF3 killed 6 people along a 21.24-mile path, a second EF3 injured 7 on a 32.89-mile track, and EF2 and EF1 tornadoes struck the same day, including an EF2 that traveled 65.49 miles.
That cadence follows the seasons. On the Treasure Coast, spring fronts draw Gulf and Atlantic moisture together over the peninsula, breeding the rotating storms behind days like April 1958, while late-season tropical systems can sling tornadic cells ashore in their rain bands, the pattern that shaped October 2024. Even winter contributes when jet-stream troughs dig unusually far south, as in January 1979. The listings elsewhere on this page draw on the NOAA Storm Prediction Center, whose archive lets readers trace that rhythm of quiet years punctuated by outbreak days.