Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Satsuma, FL

The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Crescent City, FL, 12 miles southeast of Satsuma at 53 feet. August is the warmest, with an average high of 91°F and low of 74°F; January is the coolest, at 68°F and 47°F. June is the wettest at 7.6 inches of precipitation on average and November the driest at 2.1 inches; the year adds up to 49.9 inches over 82 days with at least a tenth of an inch. June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 66% of the year's precipitation (33.0 of 49.9 inches); the other six months are drier. September has brought the most of the 78 tropical systems that passed within 75 miles (25); a normal September there has highs of 88°F and 5.9 inches of precipitation. Highs reach 90°F on about 78 days a year, almost all from April to October. Lows fall below freezing on about 4 nights a year. That 49.9 inches is more than at 17 of the 125 Florida stations used on this site (14%). Palatka, 8 miles north, has its own station (Federal Pt, FL): 51.5 inches a year, 1.6 more than here, and an August average high of 89°F against 91°F.

Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 175 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Satsuma: 141 thunderstorm wind reports, 20 heavy rain events, 9 floods, 4 lightning strikes and 1 flash flood. None is recorded as killing or injuring anyone; the NWS estimated $190,000 in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 75 mph, on May 18, 1998.

Flood insurance policyholders in Satsuma's ZIP code 32189 have filed 118 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1992, and were paid $1.8 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from Hurricane Irma in 2017: 28 claims (24% of all) and $370,000, then Hurricane Matthew in 2016 with 23 and Hurricane Ian in 2022 with 12. 83% 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, 118 have fewer than Satsuma.