Waterspout in Palm Beach County, Florida

Waterspout in Palm Beach County, Florida: 64 recorded events between 1996 and 2001. The strongest on record measured 0. That places the county #3 nationally and #3 statewide for this hazard.

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

The busiest decade for waterspout in Palm Beach County is the 1990s, when 47 of the county's 64 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 Palm Beach County archive, waterspout makes up 5.9% of all recorded severe weather across 12 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #3 for this hazard and #3 within Florida, putting it in the 98.8 percentile of all U.S. counties.

Aug is the peak month for waterspout in Palm Beach County with 14 recorded events, while Feb 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 303
• Tornado 197
• Hail 171
• Funnel Cloud 142
• Lightning 83
• Flood 55
• Flash Flood 47

How many waterspout events are on record in Palm Beach County, Florida?

64 waterspout events are recorded in Palm Beach County between 1996 and 2001, causing 0 direct deaths.

What is the strongest waterspout recorded in Palm Beach County?

The strongest waterspout on record in Palm Beach County measured 0.

Where does the waterspout data for Palm Beach 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.