51
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$0
Property damage
Heavy Rain in Suwannee County, Florida: 51 recorded events between 2003 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #88 nationally and #8 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Heavy Rain in Suwannee County, Florida: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for heavy rain in Suwannee County is the 2010s, when 27 of the county's 51 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 Suwannee County archive, heavy rain makes up 11.8% of all recorded severe weather across 9 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #88 for this hazard and #8 within Florida, putting it in the 96.4 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for heavy rain in Suwannee County with 12 recorded events, while Jan 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.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2025 | FALMOUTH | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 2, 2025 | SUWANNEE SPGS | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 26, 2024 | MC ALPIN | 0 | $0 |
| Dec 1, 2023 | FALMOUTH | 0 | $0 |
| Aug 30, 2022 | MERCER | 0 | $0 |
| Mar 11, 2022 | LANCASTER | 0 | $0 |
| Oct 8, 2021 | LIVE OAK | 0 | $0 |
| Jul 8, 2021 | FALMOUTH | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 22, 2021 | BRANFORD | 0 | $0 |
| Jun 9, 2021 | MC ALPIN | 0 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Suwannee County
- Thunderstorm Wind 244
- Hail 63
- Tornado 45
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
Measured storm total rainfall over 24 hrs was 7.27 inches. Of this total, 3.21 inches occurred on March 11th. Since midnight on 3/12, 4.06 inches had fallen through 5:15 am. Other sites in the area measured about 7 inches of storm total rainfall. Reports of some street flooding along U.S. Highway 90 and County Road 136 in Live Oak were relayed by County 911/Dispatch.
At 830 am, the emergency manager (EM) reported that Fire Station 53 about 1 mile SSW of Live Oak observed about 1 foot of water across local roads near Suwanne Branford High School. At 855 am, the EM reported a rainfall total of 4.08 inches in Live Oak. At 855 am, the EM reported 6.85 inches of rainfall measured in Branford.
The Obrien Post Office reported heavy rainfall of 6 inches about 1 mile north of Obrien, while at the post office, 3.75 inches of rain fell. Most of the rainfall fell between 5 and 7 pm EDT based on radar. The public reported 5.50 inches of rainfall during the same time period at another location in Obrien.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many heavy rain events are on record in Suwannee County, Florida?
51 heavy rain events are recorded in Suwannee County between 2003 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest heavy rain recorded in Suwannee County?
The strongest heavy rain on record in Suwannee County measured 0.
Where does the heavy rain data for Suwannee 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.
Cite this page
“Heavy Rain in Suwannee County, Florida.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/florida/suwannee-county/heavy-rain/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.