01 / YEAR-BY-YEAR
Lightning in Palm Beach reports by year
NOAA recorded 10 Lightning in Palm Beach reports across the ten complete years from 2016 through 2025.
EVENT FILE / 12099MINIMUM 5 REPORTS
PALM BEACH · FL
Lightning history
NOAA recorded 10 county-coded Lightning reports in Palm Beach, FL, from 2016 through 2025, with 12 reported injuries, 3 reported fatalities, and $107K in filed damage.
Source: NOAA Storm Events details table · Complete years 2016–2025 · Compiled 16 Sep 2026
Reports10NOAA county-coded rows
Population context0.7per 100,000 residents · 2024 ACS denominator 1,533,806
Injuries12direct + indirect fields
Fatalities3direct + indirect fields
How to read the count
10 reports in ten years does not mean a 1.0-event annual forecast. Reporting units, event segmentation, coverage, and local exposure all affect the count.
03 / RECORDED CONSEQUENCES
Recorded impacts for Lightning in Palm Beach
The Lightning in Palm Beach records contain 12 injuries, 3 fatalities, $107K in property damage, and $0 in crop damage.
Damage estimates are nominal values as filed by the reporting source and retained by NOAA.
Property damage$107Knot inflation-adjusted
Crop damage$0not inflation-adjusted
First report year2,016within selected window
Latest report year2,020within selected window
04 / RECENT ROW SAMPLE
Latest Lightning in Palm Beach source records
NOAA supplied 8 recent Lightning in Palm Beach source rows with dates, event IDs, report sources, magnitude fields, and filed damage.
Up to eight latest rows are shown for auditability. Open NOAA for complete narratives and revisions.
| Date | Event ID | Source | Magnitude / scale | Filed damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-16 | NOAA 919,867 | Broadcast Media | — | $2K |
| 2019-08-17 | NOAA 850,408 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |
| 2019-07-30 | NOAA 846,233 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |
| 2018-07-10 | NOAA 774,393 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |
| 2017-07-17 | NOAA 716,073 | Broadcast Media | — | $0 |
| 2016-09-29 | NOAA 655,839 | Newspaper | — | $0 |
| 2016-07-13 | NOAA 642,077 | Broadcast Media | — | $100K |
| 2016-04-15 | NOAA 626,374 | Newspaper | — | $0 |