Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Perry, FL

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Perry Foley Airport, FL, 6 miles northeast of Perry at 45 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 92°F and low of 72°F; January is the coolest, at 66°F and 41°F. August is the wettest at 6.8 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 1.9 inches; the year adds up to 51.5 inches over 70 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 57% of the year's precipitation (29.1 of 51.5 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 81 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (25); a normal September there has highs of 89°F and 5.2 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 86 days a year, almost all from May to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 27 nights a year. That 51.5 inches is more than at 29 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (23%). Mayo, 25 miles east, has its own station (Mayo, FL): 55.6 inches a year, 4.1 more than here, and the same July average high, 92°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 103 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Perry: 89 thunderstorm wind reports, 5 flash floods, 5 heavy rain events, 3 floods and 1 lightning strike. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $285,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 90 mph, on May 6, 2022. Of the 277 Florida cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 143 have had fewer than Perry.

Flood insurance policyholders in Perry's 2 ZIP codes have filed 344 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $14.3 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Helene in 2024: 73 claims (21% of all) and $10.0 million, then Blizzard of 1993 in 1993 with 46 and Hurricane Hermine in 2016 with 44. 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, 180 have fewer than Perry.