Fort Pierce

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for St. Lucie County, the county that contains Fort Pierce.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges in St. Lucie County, the county that contains Fort Pierce.

The National Weather Service sets flood stages for 2 gauges here but lists no crests for them.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

The drought index is for St. Lucie County, the county that contains Fort Pierce.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Sep 4, 2004Hurricane (Typhoon), St. Lucie$2.5 billion
   National Weather Service narrative

   The center of category 2 Hurricane Frances reached the Florida east coast near Sewall's Point in Martin County early on September 5th. Frances was moving to the west northwest at 7 mph and maintained hurricane strength as it crossed the east half of the Florida Peninsula. Frances was downgraded to a tropical storm in the afternoon on the 5th when it was about 50 miles east of Tampa Bay. In Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties, the slow moving storm produced wind gusts to hurricane strength for about 19 hours, producing an estimated 4.5 billion dollars in damage. Wind gusts well over 100 mph destroyed coastal structures, marinas, and vessels. Farther inland, hundreds of…

2. Oct 9, 2024Tornado$475 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A National Weather Service survey team confirmed an unusually strong, long-tracked tornado in association with Hurricane Milton produced widespread EF-1 to EF-2 damage, and periodic EF-3 damage within St. Lucie and Indian River counties. The survey determined that the tornado touched down to the south of Midway Rd. in Fort Pierce and continued on a nearly continuous path for approximately 21 miles until it moved offshore into the Atlantic Ocean near Jaycee Park in Indian River County. ||Significant vegetative and structural damage was observed along nearly the entire path length, indicating the tornado was continuous. Initial structural damage occurred within the Creekside…

3. Aug 19, 2008Flood$67.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   On August 19th Tropical Storm Fay came on shore in south west Florida moving north northeast toward Lake Okeechobee. By the early morning of August 20th Tropical Storm Fay had moved to southern Brevard County producing rainfall amounts ranging from 10 to 15 inches in Martin, Saint Lucie, Okeechobee, and Indian River counties. Okeechobee reported 69 homes damaged by flood waters and a total of $1.2 million. Indian River and St. Lucie counties reported a combined loss in citrus of $10 million. One indirect fatality occurred in Indian River County when a car hydroplaned and crashed.

4. Sep 10, 2017Flash Flood$30.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Prior to the direct impacts from approaching Hurricane Irma, rain bands streamed onshore from the Atlantic and produced between 6 and 11 inches of rain in less than 4 hours during the very early morning hours, affecting much of Ft. Pierce. A Weather Underground site measured 10.46 inches. Numerous roadways quickly flooded and became impassible, with nearly 4 feet of standing water in front of the Ft. Pierce Police Station on US Highway 1. Water breached several homes, including on El Rancho Drive and near 25th Street and Virginia Avenue. One family needed to be rescued from their flooded home due to rising water.

5. Sep 10, 2017Tropical Storm, St. Lucie$25.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Category 3 Hurricane Irma made landfall near Naples during the late afternoon of September 10. Irma then moved northward across west-central Florida during the evening while weakening to a Category 2 hurricane approximately 95 miles west of Ft. Pierce. A long duration of damaging winds occurred across St. Lucie County, with a period of frequent gusts to hurricane force. The highest sustained wind was measured at the Treasure Coast International Airport in Ft. Pierce (71 mph from the southeast at 1806LST on September 10) and the peak gust was 100 mph from the southeast at 1804LST at the St. Lucie Power Plant on Hutchinson Island. Total estimated damage to residential and business…

6. Oct 9, 2024Tornado$15.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A NWS Storm Survey confirms that a tornado, which initially touched down in Palm Beach County (near SR 98) and continued into Martin County, produced additional damage in St. Lucie County. The circulation entered Martin County near Harbor Ridge Yacht and Country Club where it produced minor (EF-0) damage to a few of the mainly concrete block structure homes within the subdivision. ||Video from SKYWARN Spotters indicate the tornado then emerged into the St. Lucie River and became a well-defined waterspout. The waterspout moved ashore the St. Lucia River Club at Ballantrae where significant vegetative damage and minor property damage resulted consistent with an EF-1 tornado with…

7. Apr 15, 1999Wildfire$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Extended dry conditions and strong winds helped fuel a wildfire near Port St. Lucie. Forty eight houses were destroyed as 2,400 acres were scorched.

8. Oct 15, 1999Hurricane (Typhoon), St. Lucie$6.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Minimal Hurricane Irene moved northeast from the Florida Keys across south Florida and emerged over the Atlantic near Ft. Pierce. Even though the storm was classified a category one hurricane, no sustained hurricane force winds were observed in east central Florida. Winds gusted from 60 to 70 mph over coastal locations from Ft. Pierce to Daytona Beach. In Martin and St. Lucie counties the greatest impact from the storm was flooding. From 5 to 9 inches of rain fell over the area flooding 300 homes. About 50 homes had major wind damage and thousands of trees were blown down. In Volusia, Brevard and Indian River counties hundreds of homes received minor wind damage and about 50…

9. Oct 24, 2005Tropical Storm, St. Lucie$5.9 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Hurricane Wilma crossed the southern Florida Peninsula from the southwest exiting the state and moving over the Atlantic Ocean over the Martin/Palm Beach county line. Hurricane Wilma was riding northeast along the first strong cold front of the Fall season. Cold dry air was being pulled into east central Florida as Wilma was moving off the south Florida coast. In Brevard County Hurricane Wilma produced widespread minor wind damage with trees and power lines down and damage to roofs and out buildings. As much as 10 to 13 inches of rain fell across the central and north part of the county. About 200 homes were flooded in the town of Cocoa. Total crop loss including citrus equals $3…

10. Oct 9, 2024Tornado$5.0 million
    National Weather Service narrative

    A NWS Storm Survey confirmed an EF-1 tornado impacted portions of St. Lucie County. Initial indications of minor residential impacts, in the form of missing shingles and soffit damage, appeared in the Crane Landing, Sawgrass Lakes, and Tulip Park subdivisions of Port St. Lucie. This, in addition to sporadic occurrences of tree damage, continued northward into communities adjacent to Florida's Turnpike, including but not limited to, Cashmere Cove, Bayshore Heights, Swan Park, and Northport Village. Damage noted here was consistent with 65 - 75 mph peak winds. ||The tornado crossed into Fort Pierce where it produced significant structural damage to a metal canopy system at the St.…

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

101°F4 times, most recently Jul 20, 1993

All-time low

19°F2 times, most recently Dec 24, 1989

Warmest night

83°FAug 25, 2020

Coldest day

40°FDec 24, 1989

Wettest day

13.85 inSep 10, 2017

Hottest year

1946mean 76.6°F

Coldest year

1910mean 70.3°F

Wettest year

199480.24 in

Driest year

200929.79 in

Station Fort Pierce (USC00083207), 25 ft elevation, 1.2 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1901 to October 28, 2026; 96.4% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for St. Lucie County.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00083207.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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