Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Parrish, FL

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Parrish, FL, 4 miles northeast of Parrish at 60 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 90°F and low of 75°F; January is the coolest, at 72°F and 50°F. August is the wettest at 9.0 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 1.7 inches; the year adds up to 54.4 inches over 74 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 69% of the year's precipitation (37.8 of 54.4 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 77 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (25); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 8.3 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 85 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 3 nights a year. That 54.4 inches is more than at 66 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (53%). Ellenton, 6 miles southwest, has its own station (Bradenton 5 ESE, FL): 56.3 inches a year, 1.9 more than here, and an August average high of 92°F against 90°F.

Water temperature at the NOAA tide station Port Manatee, FL, 11 miles northwest, averaged 89°F in July and 62°F in January over 2021–2025. It averaged 80°F or warmer from May to September. Sea level at the Port Manatee tide gauge, 11 miles from Parrish, has risen 2.15 ± 0.13 inches per decade from 1976 to 2025, NOAA's linear trend; at that pace it is 21.5 inches in a hundred years. That is faster than at 123 of the 144 U.S. gauges with a NOAA trend.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 44 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Parrish: 27 thunderstorm wind reports, 9 heavy rain events, 4 floods and 4 lightning strikes. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $3.2 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 69 mph, on April 7, 2005.

Flood insurance policyholders in Parrish's ZIP code 34219 have filed 76 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1992, and were paid $2.4 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Debby in 2024: 26 claims (34% of all) and $1.7 million, then Torrential rain in 2001 with 13. 82% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 340 Florida cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 94 have fewer than Parrish.