Heavy Rain in Clay County, Florida

Heavy Rain in Clay County, Florida: 86 recorded events between 2003 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #34 nationally and #6 statewide for this hazard.

Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.

The busiest decade for heavy rain in Clay County is the 2010s, when 44 of the county's 86 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.

Within the Clay County archive, heavy rain makes up 14.4% of all recorded severe weather across 10 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #34 for this hazard and #6 within Florida, putting it in the 98.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Jul is the peak month for heavy rain in Clay County with 33 recorded events, while Nov is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.

• Thunderstorm Wind 300
• Hail 120

Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain

How many heavy rain events are on record in Clay County, Florida?

86 heavy rain events are recorded in Clay County between 2003 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Clay County?

The strongest heavy rain on record in Clay County measured 0.

Where does the heavy rain data for Clay County come from?

All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.