Lauderdale Flood Line

Fort Lauderdale Flooding History: Wettest Days Since 1912

Fort Lauderdale's National Weather Service climate record runs daily from November 1, 1912. Below are the floods and record rain with official write-ups, the ten wettest days, and every day with 2.39 in. of rain or more (the wettest 1%), ranked against all 40,627 days with a reading.

Updated

Floods and record rain, from official sources

September 2026: the wettest September on record

22.34 in.

Daily totals in the Fort Lauderdale record add up to 22.34 inches for September 2026, the most for any September since the record began in 1912. The previous high was 18.40 inches in 1998. Rain fell on 20 of the month's 30 days, with no single day above 2.47 inches.

Calculated by Lauderdale Flood Line from the ACIS daily record on November 12, 2026.

Sources: ACIS daily record (Fort Lauderdale Area)

The April 12, 2023 flash flood

22.50 in.

in the Fort Lauderdale record, April 12, 2023

The Fort Lauderdale record shows 22.5 inches of rain on April 12, 2023, the largest one-day total for any month on NWS Miami's 1912 to 2025 records sheet. NWS Miami's 2023 summary calls it by far the most significant flood of the year: at least $28 million in damage, with residents of entire neighborhoods displaced for as much as a week.

Sources: NWS Miami: Climatological Records for Fort Lauderdale, FL; NWS Miami: South Florida 2023 Weather Summary

2023: the wettest year at the airport

113.61 in.

NWS Miami's 2023 summary gives Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport 113.61 inches of rain through December 29, breaking the annual record of 102.36 inches set in 1947. The same summary puts most of metro Broward 50 to 80 percent above normal for the year.

Sources: NWS Miami: South Florida 2023 Weather Summary

King tides in 2026

  • Sept. 10-13
  • Sept. 26-Oct. 1
  • Oct. 7-13
  • Oct. 24-31
  • Nov. 5-11
  • Nov. 22-28
  • Dec. 24-25

The city lists at least 40 predicted king tide days for 2026 and says its highest tides usually come in September, October and November. It names Victoria Park, Southeast Isles and Middle River Terrace among the neighborhoods that see tidal or compound flooding, and keeps about 200 tidal valves that stop tide water backing up into streets.

Source: City of Fort Lauderdale: King Tides and High Tides. Tide water from outside is flood water: see flood and king tide cleanup.

The ten wettest days since 1912

  1. 1April 12, 202322.50 in.
  2. 2April 25, 197914.59 in.
  3. 3October 12, 194710.85 in.
  4. 4October 5, 194810.45 in.
  5. 4November 19, 197310.45 in.
  6. 6May 27, 200310.22 in.
  7. 7October 31, 196910.00 in.
  8. 8June 12, 20249.54 in.
  9. 9October 20, 19249.20 in.
  10. 10June 2, 19308.60 in.

Each month's wettest year

Wettest year for each calendar month in the Fort Lauderdale record
MonthWettestNext1991-2020 normal
January10.03 in. (1993)9.04 in. (1926)2.90 in.
February13.81 in. (1983)6.00 in. (1957)2.38 in.
March12.31 in. (1970)12.21 in. (1919)2.38 in.
April31.22 in. (2023)19.47 in. (1979)3.02 in.
May17.84 in. (2003)16.07 in. (2020)5.56 in.
June24.37 in. (1992)24.24 in. (1930)9.55 in.
July15.49 in. (2013)14.04 in. (1985)5.41 in.
August15.48 in. (1995)14.88 in. (1933)7.89 in.
September22.34 in. (2026)18.40 in. (1998)8.02 in.
October32.10 in. (1924)31.34 in. (1921)7.37 in.
November14.60 in. (1994)12.71 in. (1973)3.69 in.
December20.45 in. (1958)10.11 in. (2009)2.78 in.

Monthly totals summed from the ACIS daily record (months missing more than 3 days left out) and NCEI 1991-2020 normals via ACIS, calculated by Lauderdale Flood Line on November 12, 2026.

Every day with 2.39 in. of rain or more, newest first

408 days in all. Rank 1 is the record's wettest day. For any other day, use the weather-on-a-date tool.

Heavy rain days at Fort Lauderdale Area record (now Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport)
DateRainLowRank
September 23, 20262.47 in.74°F375
September 18, 20262.39 in.73°F405
October 5, 20244.87 in.74°F65
August 29, 20242.50 in.74°F356
June 12, 20249.54 in.74°F8
June 11, 20243.30 in.76°F190
March 22, 20242.52 in.68°F349
November 15, 20236.69 in.68°F25
November 14, 20232.75 in.73°F288
October 1, 20233.00 in.74°F235
July 27, 20236.19 in.73°F29
May 24, 20233.48 in.68°F161
April 17, 20232.40 in.68°F390
April 12, 202322.50 in.66°F1
February 5, 20234.45 in.69°F84
September 27, 20222.40 in.76°F390
June 4, 20226.55 in.74°F27
June 3, 20222.65 in.72°F315
January 20, 20224.96 in.65°F64
November 5, 20212.39 in.72°F405
November 8, 20205.93 in.73°F35
October 25, 20203.39 in.75°F175
October 1, 20202.64 in.75°F317
September 26, 20202.91 in.78°F256
May 25, 20204.03 in.73°F106
May 18, 20203.31 in.70°F188
May 15, 20203.04 in.72°F227
December 23, 20197.13 in.64°F20
June 7, 20192.42 in.77°F383
June 7, 20182.49 in.71°F368
May 20, 20185.27 in.72°F53
September 10, 20174.30 in.71°F89
September 9, 20172.68 in.73°F310
August 25, 20172.56 in.74°F337
August 24, 20172.81 in.74°F277
August 10, 20173.43 in.74°F167
June 6, 20174.78 in.71°F68
April 23, 20173.70 in.69°F142
June 15, 20162.67 in.77°F311
December 4, 20152.52 in.70°F349
April 29, 20152.40 in.71°F390
May 15, 20143.55 in.74°F156
November 21, 20135.02 in.70°F63
July 13, 20135.68 in.72°F42
June 7, 20138.15 in.74°F14
May 20, 20134.86 in.70°F66
May 2, 20133.36 in.68°F177
May 1, 20132.70 in.71°F300
October 8, 20122.72 in.73°F297
August 26, 20123.86 in.75°F123
July 16, 20123.20 in.72°F200
October 29, 20113.48 in.74°F161
September 12, 20112.58 in.75°F333
September 6, 20105.10 in.73°F59
July 4, 20102.51 in.73°F352
April 18, 20102.81 in.67°F277
December 18, 20092.45 in.68°F379
December 17, 20096.62 in.68°F26
May 18, 20092.48 in.71°F369
October 4, 20083.65 in.76°F146
September 28, 20083.01 in.74°F233
August 22, 20083.90 in.74°F115
July 23, 20082.50 in.73°F356
March 6, 20083.34 in.70°F185
October 26, 20072.60 in.74°F323
June 29, 20073.73 in.75°F140
February 4, 20063.57 in.56°F154
October 24, 20053.04 in.68°F227
October 18, 20052.42 in.75°F383
September 20, 20053.00 in.74°F235
July 9, 20054.19 in.72°F93
September 5, 20042.63 in.74°F319
August 1, 20042.39 in.73°F405
February 1, 20043.62 in.68°F148
November 8, 20033.28 in.73°F194
November 6, 20032.87 in.74°F263
August 20, 20032.84 in.72°F270
August 10, 20033.35 in.74°F180
May 27, 200310.22 in.70°F6
May 13, 20032.51 in.72°F352
December 9, 20024.57 in.68°F77
June 23, 20022.92 in.71°F255
June 19, 20022.51 in.72°F352
February 23, 20022.46 in.58°F377
October 22, 20013.25 in.74°F197
September 29, 20013.95 in.69°F111
September 13, 20013.56 in.73°F155
September 10, 20012.97 in.74°F245
August 2, 20012.96 in.72°F247
December 10, 20004.73 in.70°F70
October 3, 20008.43 in.73°F11
June 8, 20003.11 in.72°F216
October 14, 19994.70 in.73°F71
June 8, 19997.86 in.72°F16
January 16, 19994.19 in.66°F93
November 4, 19982.82 in.73°F275
September 18, 19984.60 in.74°F76
September 16, 19982.95 in.73°F249
May 31, 19983.31 in.73°F188
May 28, 19983.90 in.71°F115
February 3, 19983.00 in.66°F235
May 12, 19972.69 in.71°F308
April 12, 19972.67 in.69°F311
February 16, 19974.66 in.66°F72
January 14, 19975.82 in.62°F36
September 10, 19962.99 in.72°F244
June 21, 19962.83 in.69°F272
June 20, 19963.75 in.71°F138
June 9, 19964.15 in.71°F97
May 21, 19963.06 in.72°F224
October 6, 19952.70 in.73°F300
September 6, 19953.10 in.71°F217
September 5, 19952.75 in.73°F288
August 24, 19953.22 in.73°F199
August 4, 19952.59 in.71°F332
August 3, 19952.74 in.72°F293
July 27, 19952.48 in.72°F369
June 22, 19953.29 in.74°F192
December 21, 19945.38 in.63°F50
November 16, 19942.78 in.73°F283
November 15, 19946.77 in.73°F23
September 15, 19942.41 in.74°F387
September 13, 19943.88 in.72°F121
August 12, 19942.51 in.72°F352
June 19, 19943.93 in.73°F114
May 30, 19942.79 in.70°F282
April 22, 19943.66 in.69°F145
July 29, 19932.40 in.75°F390
July 14, 19933.28 in.71°F194
March 18, 19932.55 in.65°F340
June 23, 19923.84 in.73°F126
June 14, 19923.90 in.68°F115
October 8, 19917.09 in.72°F21
June 9, 19914.20 in.70°F92
May 23, 19913.47 in.75°F165
April 4, 19913.03 in.67°F230
September 29, 19904.45 in.70°F84
July 17, 19902.60 in.72°F323
July 2, 19902.83 in.70°F272
May 10, 19903.36 in.70°F177
April 9, 19902.95 in.68°F249
March 19, 19902.96 in.67°F247
February 28, 19895.20 in.62°F55
December 9, 19874.24 in.69°F91
October 12, 19873.89 in.72°F120
July 19, 19873.29 in.72°F192
May 11, 19872.43 in.68°F381
May 9, 19872.83 in.67°F272
October 19, 19863.79 in.68°F136
March 27, 19863.84 in.63°F126
January 10, 19863.03 in.67°F230
September 18, 19853.90 in.68°F115
July 23, 19853.83 in.70°F130
September 19, 19845.35 in.73°F51
June 16, 19842.73 in.71°F295
May 29, 19843.18 in.71°F211
May 28, 19843.70 in.71°F142
April 13, 19843.32 in.66°F187
March 23, 19842.70 in.63°F300
October 23, 19832.52 in.72°F349
August 14, 19832.71 in.71°F298
June 9, 19832.50 in.71°F356
June 2, 19832.70 in.71°F300
February 27, 19833.65 in.60°F146
February 13, 19834.42 in.66°F87
January 23, 19832.62 in.66°F321
November 16, 19822.76 in.64°F285
June 17, 19822.90 in.71°F258
May 24, 19823.58 in.68°F153
April 24, 19827.60 in.62°F17
August 18, 19814.57 in.70°F77
July 2, 19814.62 in.71°F74
May 7, 19813.84 in.74°F126
February 19, 19812.56 in.67°F337
November 15, 19803.46 in.73°F166
October 15, 19803.59 in.70°F152
September 1, 19802.64 in.72°F317
July 15, 19802.77 in.73°F284
May 14, 19792.97 in.67°F245
April 29, 19792.41 in.63°F387
April 25, 197914.59 in.66°F2
December 11, 19782.42 in.65°F383
August 2, 19782.40 in.70°F390
June 24, 19782.84 in.69°F270
June 12, 19785.47 in.75°F47
September 1, 19772.50 in.71°F356
June 9, 19773.55 in.73°F156
June 1, 19775.45 in.70°F48
May 4, 19772.56 in.66°F337
November 3, 19765.62 in.63°F43
August 19, 19764.45 in.72°F84
August 18, 19763.60 in.70°F149
June 23, 19763.36 in.70°F177
May 13, 19752.65 in.72°F315
June 12, 19743.72 in.70°F141
January 15, 19742.42 in.65°F383
November 19, 197310.45 in.67°F4
September 23, 19733.35 in.70°F180
September 1, 19732.40 in.76°F390
August 22, 19732.60 in.69°F323
July 3, 19733.35 in.68°F180
November 7, 19726.03 in.71°F33
July 20, 19725.12 in.70°F57
June 12, 19723.19 in.68°F209
May 18, 19723.38 in.66°F176
April 30, 19722.90 in.62°F258
September 30, 19703.01 in.73°F233
August 24, 19703.40 in.74°F169
May 25, 19703.51 in.68°F159
March 9, 19704.10 in.64°F99
March 8, 19703.48 in.62°F161
October 31, 196910.00 in.69°F7
May 4, 19692.67 in.65°F311
September 27, 19684.61 in.72°F75
June 4, 19682.57 in.74°F335
May 27, 19682.85 in.70°F267
November 12, 19672.41 in.67°F387
October 24, 19673.15 in.69°F213
September 27, 19672.46 in.68°F377
June 16, 19672.58 in.67°F333
June 14, 19674.51 in.69°F80
June 13, 19673.00 in.No data235
October 22, 19665.10 in.72°F59
August 26, 19664.06 in.76°F104
June 30, 19663.19 in.72°F209
June 9, 19666.85 in.60°F22
June 5, 19663.80 in.68°F132
May 27, 19662.82 in.69°F275
April 10, 19663.30 in.63°F190
March 14, 19662.39 in.66°F405
February 23, 19663.20 in.65°F200
October 31, 19655.50 in.70°F44
October 15, 19653.86 in.69°F123
September 8, 19653.00 in.No data235
June 20, 19654.13 in.68°F98
June 10, 19652.44 in.71°F380
October 29, 19643.10 in.70°F217
October 12, 19646.10 in.72°F31
August 27, 19644.75 in.75°F69
May 21, 19644.27 in.69°F90
May 15, 19642.40 in.70°F390
April 30, 19643.05 in.71°F225
February 5, 19642.80 in.64°F279
December 31, 19632.85 in.66°F267
September 20, 19632.90 in.71°F258
April 1, 19622.74 in.60°F293
September 23, 19602.55 in.71°F340
April 24, 19602.60 in.67°F323
September 11, 19593.95 in.72°F111
June 18, 19593.40 in.71°F169
May 24, 19584.10 in.72°F99
May 23, 19582.75 in.72°F288
May 13, 19583.20 in.64°F200
January 2, 19582.80 in.60°F279
December 24, 19572.70 in.67°F300
April 18, 19576.40 in.71°F28
April 11, 19572.70 in.65°F300
April 10, 19573.50 in.65°F160
February 25, 19572.50 in.67°F356
August 24, 19562.60 in.72°F323
May 8, 19563.00 in.67°F235
April 10, 19562.50 in.59°F356
June 18, 19553.40 in.70°F169
June 11, 19552.60 in.73°F323
November 13, 19542.40 in.70°F390
November 12, 19545.10 in.68°F59
October 1, 19545.50 in.72°F44
September 13, 19543.95 in.72°F111
September 12, 19543.40 in.73°F169
July 15, 19543.20 in.70°F200
June 18, 19545.50 in.72°F44
May 27, 19543.10 in.69°F217
October 18, 19532.70 in.70°F300
August 29, 19534.80 in.73°F67
May 8, 19534.00 in.68°F108
December 10, 19523.00 in.69°F235
October 2, 19513.10 in.73°F217
May 27, 19512.50 in.68°F356
October 18, 19502.60 in.73°F323
September 28, 19502.75 in.72°F288
September 17, 19502.40 in.71°F390
September 16, 19503.20 in.71°F200
August 7, 19502.60 in.67°F323
December 28, 19493.60 in.68°F149
October 4, 19492.90 in.73°F258
September 30, 19493.00 in.70°F235
August 27, 19493.80 in.70°F132
June 12, 19492.50 in.67°F356
October 5, 194810.45 in.73°F4
September 22, 19485.80 in.71°F37
September 21, 19483.20 in.72°F200
April 26, 19483.80 in.71°F132
April 3, 19482.70 in.No data300
October 12, 194710.85 in.70°F3
October 4, 19473.10 in.71°F217
June 23, 19472.50 in.72°F356
June 11, 19473.10 in.71°F217
June 10, 19472.40 in.70°F390
April 13, 19473.12 in.69°F214
May 3, 19452.76 in.67°F285
October 17, 19443.90 in.72°F115
May 13, 19443.70 in.65°F142
September 28, 19433.33 in.70°F186
March 10, 19432.73 in.65°F295
October 9, 19423.20 in.70°F200
April 16, 19423.16 in.64°F212
January 19, 19422.90 in.57°F258
January 10, 19422.43 in.49°F381
July 7, 19412.60 in.70°F323
April 8, 19413.02 in.64°F232
February 9, 19412.87 in.No data263
December 27, 19402.95 in.62°F249
June 12, 19402.57 in.70°F335
June 2, 19402.94 in.70°F253
May 31, 19403.27 in.69°F196
March 29, 19404.50 in.65°F81
October 31, 19392.53 in.66°F346
August 3, 19392.40 in.70°F390
September 29, 19372.47 in.68°F375
August 4, 19362.91 in.78°F256
June 15, 19368.02 in.70°F15
July 9, 19352.87 in.70°F263
April 25, 19352.53 in.61°F346
July 15, 19342.55 in.71°F340
May 14, 19344.00 in.66°F108
April 17, 19344.18 in.66°F95
November 25, 19333.04 in.65°F227
October 23, 19332.53 in.68°F346
October 5, 19334.01 in.73°F107
August 21, 19332.69 in.71°F308
August 18, 19336.75 in.71°F24
July 30, 19332.50 in.72°F356
November 9, 19324.50 in.69°F81
August 30, 19323.81 in.74°F131
June 2, 19323.20 in.67°F200
May 22, 19325.06 in.69°F62
October 14, 19314.10 in.71°F99
September 7, 19314.65 in.72°F73
September 6, 19313.85 in.71°F125
March 3, 19312.40 in.56°F390
February 4, 19312.67 in.56°F311
November 9, 19303.42 in.67°F168
October 19, 19302.55 in.69°F340
June 3, 19305.12 in.67°F57
June 2, 19308.60 in.67°F10
November 6, 19293.48 in.70°F161
October 11, 19295.75 in.71°F38
September 29, 19295.20 in.76°F55
April 12, 19292.86 in.61°F266
September 17, 19286.00 in.73°F34
August 8, 19283.80 in.70°F132
May 31, 19284.50 in.65°F81
October 25, 19273.87 in.67°F122
April 24, 19276.13 in.65°F30
October 21, 19265.75 in.70°F38
September 17, 19262.75 in.76°F288
August 27, 19262.55 in.70°F340
July 2, 19263.05 in.70°F225
June 22, 19262.48 in.70°F369
January 30, 19264.10 in.64°F99
January 24, 19262.95 in.65°F249
December 1, 19255.43 in.60°F49
May 7, 19253.84 in.64°F126
January 24, 19254.37 in.No data88
October 20, 19249.20 in.73°F9
October 19, 19247.54 in.69°F18
October 8, 19244.05 in.71°F105
September 5, 19242.71 in.67°F298
July 26, 19242.50 in.71°F356
January 29, 19243.20 in.59°F200
November 25, 19223.12 in.60°F214
October 12, 19224.16 in.68°F96
October 9, 19222.40 in.73°F390
September 23, 19223.35 in.68°F180
June 20, 19222.63 in.69°F319
May 31, 19222.48 in.70°F369
January 17, 19222.85 in.64°F267
October 24, 19214.00 in.73°F108
October 20, 19213.40 in.68°F169
October 16, 19214.55 in.70°F79
October 7, 19213.75 in.69°F138
October 6, 19213.35 in.69°F180
May 16, 19213.60 in.68°F149
March 12, 19218.16 in.64°F13
November 27, 19202.50 in.No data356
September 7, 19202.48 in.69°F369
September 9, 19192.80 in.72°F279
June 2, 19192.40 in.70°F390
May 31, 19195.28 in.67°F52
May 10, 19196.10 in.68°F31
April 18, 19193.76 in.63°F137
March 15, 19195.70 in.67°F41
March 14, 19195.75 in.62°F38
October 16, 19183.40 in.71°F169
May 2, 19183.10 in.63°F217
September 26, 19172.40 in.71°F390
June 26, 19173.00 in.69°F235
November 16, 19162.61 in.59°F322
November 16, 19158.26 in.68°F12
October 27, 19157.30 in.64°F19
September 3, 19153.52 in.72°F158
August 1, 19152.48 in.73°F369
July 28, 19155.27 in.72°F53
June 2, 19152.55 in.71°F340
November 9, 19142.94 in.65°F253
September 30, 19143.23 in.69°F198
April 7, 19144.07 in.69°F103
November 22, 19122.76 in.65°F285

Source: ACIS daily record for Fort Lauderdale Area record (now Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport) (FLLthr), calculated by Lauderdale Flood Line on November 12, 2026. See sources and methods. Limits: 1,022 of 41,649 days have no single-day rain value, and one gauge can miss rain that fell a few miles away (the April 2023 totals varied widely across Broward).

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