Strong Wind Risk in Florida

All Florida counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind score

Strong Wind risk — damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes — is rated for 67 of 67 Florida counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Orange County carries the state's highest strong wind score at 99.9, with $33M in expected annual strong wind losses.

18 Florida counties are rated High or Very High for strong wind, and expected annual losses from strong wind total roughly $163M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Strong Wind

#CountyStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Orange County
99.9
Very High 1.08 / yr $33M
2 Polk County
99.9
Very High 1.00 / yr $25M
3 Osceola County
99.8
Very High 0.94 / yr $27M
4 Highlands County
99.8
Very High 0.57 / yr $13M
5 Hardee County
99.3
Very High 0.76 / yr $10M
6 Lake County
98.8
Very High 1.23 / yr $7M
7 Seminole County
96.5
High 1.07 / yr $5M
8 Brevard County
96.0
High 0.84 / yr $3M
9 Marion County
93.3
High 1.16 / yr $2M
10 Palm Beach County
93.2
High 0.98 / yr $2M
11 Leon County
91.8
High 1.27 / yr $2M
12 Sumter County
90.6
High 1.16 / yr $1M
13 Okeechobee County
90.4
High 0.64 / yr $1M
14 St. Lucie County
90.0
High 0.59 / yr $2M
15 Volusia County
87.8
High 1.09 / yr $2M
16 Martin County
87.8
High 0.78 / yr $1M
17 Sarasota County
87.4
High 0.62 / yr $1M
18 Indian River County
86.3
High 0.65 / yr $1M
19 Miami-Dade County
82.4
Medium 0.76 / yr $1M
20 Hillsborough County
82.1
Medium 0.87 / yr $1M
21 Hendry County
82.1
Medium 0.87 / yr $810K
22 Duval County
81.8
Medium 0.94 / yr $1M
23 Alachua County
80.9
Medium 0.99 / yr $1M
24 Broward County
80.2
Medium 1.02 / yr $1M
25 DeSoto County
76.0
Medium 0.60 / yr $660K
26 Pasco County
75.7
Medium 0.94 / yr $1M
27 Manatee County
75.2
Medium 0.70 / yr $981K
28 Charlotte County
74.6
Medium 0.44 / yr $797K
29 Okaloosa County
73.2
Medium 1.85 / yr $1M
30 Citrus County
70.3
Medium 0.90 / yr $663K
31 Glades County
69.5
Medium 0.60 / yr $555K
32 Hernando County
68.1
Medium 1.00 / yr $775K
33 Bay County
67.1
Medium 1.00 / yr $937K
34 Putnam County
66.3
Medium 1.16 / yr $616K
35 Pinellas County
65.6
Medium 0.63 / yr $706K
36 Lee County
64.9
Medium 0.37 / yr $648K
37 Calhoun County
59.5
Medium 1.29 / yr $542K
38 Jackson County
52.8
Medium 1.64 / yr $434K
39 Collier County
51.7
Low 0.63 / yr $437K
40 Columbia County
49.7
Low 1.06 / yr $421K
41 Escambia County
46.1
Low 1.92 / yr $476K
42 Flagler County
41.4
Low 1.12 / yr $361K
43 Walton County
39.7
Low 1.63 / yr $377K
44 St. Johns County
39.2
Low 0.96 / yr $574K
45 Taylor County
38.6
Low 0.98 / yr $260K
46 Levy County
35.3
Low 0.70 / yr $212K
47 Gadsden County
32.9
Low 1.50 / yr $203K
48 Monroe County
32.4
Low 0.59 / yr $284K
49 Clay County
32.2
Low 1.07 / yr $406K
50 Santa Rosa County
29.2
Low 1.80 / yr $371K
51 Wakulla County
21.0
Low 1.05 / yr $245K
52 Suwannee County
20.7
Low 0.80 / yr $155K
53 Madison County
20.3
Low 1.27 / yr $132K
54 Washington County
19.8
Low 1.45 / yr $155K
55 Holmes County
19.7
Low 1.69 / yr $157K
56 Nassau County
18.6
Low 0.87 / yr $192K
57 Bradford County
17.4
Low 1.08 / yr $140K
58 Jefferson County
17.3
Low 1.28 / yr $90K
59 Gilchrist County
15.2
Very Low 0.73 / yr $93K
60 Gulf County
11.4
Very Low 0.79 / yr $71K
61 Hamilton County
11.3
Very Low 0.97 / yr $53K
62 Union County
9.7
Very Low 1.03 / yr $68K
63 Dixie County
8.5
Very Low 0.60 / yr $51K
64 Baker County
8.0
Very Low 1.16 / yr $65K
65 Franklin County
7.7
Very Low 0.71 / yr $42K
66 Liberty County
6.3
Very Low 1.23 / yr $37K
67 Lafayette County
4.3
Very Low 0.83 / yr $26K

67 Florida counties with measurable strong wind risk. See the national strong wind ranking or all Florida counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Florida county has the highest strong wind risk?

Orange County has the highest FEMA strong wind risk score in Florida at 99.9 (Very High), with $33M in expected annual losses and about 1.08 events per year.

How many Florida counties face significant strong wind risk?

67 Florida counties record measurable strong wind risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 18 of them are rated High or Very High.

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