Winter Park, FL Tornado History — 140 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has Winter Park, FL had?
Winter Park has had 140 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 5 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near Winter Park?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of Winter Park was an Unrated on August 4, 2025.
When is tornado season in Winter Park?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near Winter Park, 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 Winter Park
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 29 total, averaging 1.4 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 Winter Park
55 fatalities have been recorded within 25 miles of Winter Park since 1950, across 7 events. 972 injuries have been reported across all events. 1998 was the deadliest year on record.
The deadliest single event was a F3 on February 23, 1998, which caused 25 fatalities along a 28.0-mile track.
Notable Tornadoes Near Winter Park
About Tornadoes in Winter 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.
Lakes define Winter Park — a chain of them threading through oak-shaded neighborhoods on the low interior spine of the Florida peninsula, just north of Orlando. That flat, water-flanked setting shapes its severe weather. With the Gulf of Mexico to the west and the Atlantic to the east, moist air converges over interior Central Florida in nearly every season: summer sea-breeze boundaries collide and spin up brief tornadoes, while in winter, particularly during El Niño patterns, a strengthened subtropical jet drives squall lines across the peninsula after dark — the setup behind the area's more dangerous storms.
The NOAA Storm Prediction Center's file for the Winter Park area reaches back across generations. An F4 tore through Central Florida on April 4, 1966, killing 11 people and injuring 530 along a 135.8-mile track. In the pre-dawn hours of February 23, 1998, F3 tornadoes swept the region in darkness; one of them killed 25 people and injured 150 along a 28-mile path.
Recent decades carry the same signature. An EF2 struck on March 10, 2025, leaving roughly 3.9 million dollars in damage across the area. From mid-century reports to surveys completed within the past year, the record here belongs to grandparents and grandchildren alike — and the event list elsewhere on this page traces that same long arc.