San Carlos Park, FL Tornado History — 168 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has San Carlos Park, FL had?
San Carlos Park has had 168 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950.
When was the most recent tornado near San Carlos Park?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of San Carlos Park was an EF0 on October 9, 2024.
When is tornado season in San Carlos Park?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near San Carlos Park, with 31 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 San Carlos Park
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 37 total, averaging 1.9 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near San Carlos Park since December 29, 2025
These are 4 preliminary reports, not confirmed tornadoes. They have not yet been through an NWS damage survey, and are 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Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete.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 San Carlos Park. 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 San Carlos Park
3 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of San Carlos Park since 1950, across 2 events. 57 injuries have been reported across all events. 1968 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F2 on November 9, 1968, which caused 2 fatalities along a 45.6-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near San Carlos Park
About Tornadoes in San Carlos Park
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.
Hours before Hurricane Milton came ashore on Florida's Gulf coast on October 9, 2024, an EF2 tornado tore a 16.29-mile path through the San Carlos Park area, a reminder that this community's tornado threat often arrives embedded in larger storms. Set on low, flat terrain between the Gulf of Mexico and the interior wetlands south of Fort Myers, San Carlos Park sits where sea-breeze boundaries collide on humid summer afternoons and where tropical cyclones, decaying cold fronts, and winter jet-stream disturbances can each supply the rotation that spawns tornadoes. Unlike the Great Plains, where activity clusters in spring, this corner of southwest Florida can see a tornado in almost any month, and its cool-season storms are sometimes as intense as anything summer produces.
The NOAA Storm Prediction Center's database, the source behind the event history on this page, bears that out locally. An F2 tornado on November 9, 1968 tracked roughly 45.6 miles across the region, killing two people and injuring seventeen; another F2 followed on November 11, 1968, staying on the ground for about 65.4 miles. The cool season has kept its reputation in the modern era: an EF2 on January 9, 2016 injured three people, and an EF2 on January 16, 2022 carved a 7.01-mile track through neighborhoods nearby, damaging homes along the way.