Storm risk in Leon County, Florida

FEMA's overall hazard score for Leon County is 93.35 (Relatively Moderate), 210th of 3,144 counties. Hail scores 45.17 (Relatively Low), strong wind 91.79 (Relatively High) and tornado 97.11 (Relatively High). Expected hail loss is $1.40 per $1 million of buildings a year; NOAA logged 24 hail reports in Leon County from 2014 to June 2026.

FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026. NOAA hail reports 2014 to June 2026.

Leon County: expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings for hail, strong wind and tornado, on a log scale, against all U.S. counties and the counties of FL$0.1$1$10$100$1,000Hail: $1.40 per $1 million, 2,716th of 3,126 rated counties$1.40Hail2,716th of 3,126 countiesStrong wind: $9.75 per $1 million, 2,228th of 3,121 rated counties$9.75Strong wind2,228th of 3,121 countiesTornado: $366 per $1 million, 786th of 3,144 rated counties$366Tornado786th of 3,144 counties
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Expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings, log scale. Dot colour is FEMA’s rating band. The tornado lane counts everything exposed, not only buildings.

How FEMA rates Leon County

HazardRatingScore (0 to 100)Rank in U.S.Rank in FL
OverallRelatively Moderate 93.35210 of 3,14424 of 67
HailRelatively Low 45.171,725 of 3,1269 of 67
Strong windRelatively High 91.79259 of 3,12611 of 67
TornadoRelatively High 97.1192 of 3,12611 of 67

Expected yearly loss, in dollars

HazardThis county, total a yearPer $1M of buildingsState median countyU.S. median countyRank per $1M, U.S.Rank per $1M, state
Hail$73,839$1.40 $0.46$22 2,716 of 3,12615 of 67
Strong wind$513,065$9.75 $8.40$20 2,228 of 3,12131 of 67
Tornado$19,245,461$366 $176$199 786 of 3,1445 of 67

Rank 1 is the highest. Overall, hail and wind losses count buildings; the tornado row counts everything FEMA exposes, so it overstates building damage. Expected annual loss is an average over many years for the whole county, not a forecast for one roof.

What stands out in Leon County

  • FEMA expects hail in Leon County to cost $1.40 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.06 times the U.S. median and 3.05 times the FL county median, ranked 2,716th of 3,126 counties nationally and 15th of 67 in Florida.
  • FEMA expects strong wind in Leon County to cost $9.75 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.48 times the U.S. median and 1.16 times the FL county median, ranked 2,228th of 3,121 counties nationally and 31st of 67 in Florida.
  • FEMA expects tornado in Leon County to cost $366 per $1 million of buildings a year: 1.84 times the U.S. median and 2.08 times the FL county median, ranked 786th of 3,144 counties nationally and 5th of 67 in Florida.
  • Applying FEMA's estimate to a $279,800 home, the average yearly loss in Leon County is about $0.39 for hail and $2.73 for wind before any deductible; at the U.S. median county rates it would be $6.25 and $5.70.
  • If the next years look like 2014 to 2025, a roof kept 20 years in Leon County meets about 13.3 hail days of 1 inch or more; the median county in NOAA's file (1,275 counties) would give 35.0.
  • Built in 1988, the median home in Leon County is 38 years old, so an original roof has outlived a 3-tab shingle (15 to 20 years) and an architectural one (25 to 30 years); 72.6% of its 135,906 homes are at least 26 years old.
  • March to June holds 22 of the 24 hail reports in Leon County (92 percent); the quietest month is January, with 0 reports.

What hail and wind cost a home here in an average year

Enter a home value. The calculator applies Leon County’s own loss rate: the county’s expected yearly loss divided by the value of its buildings. It starts at the Census median home value for the county.

$0.39hail, a year; $6.25 at the U.S. median county rate
$2.73strong wind, a year; $5.70 at the U.S. median county rate
$62hail and wind together over 20 years, at today’s rate

Formula: home value × Leon County yearly loss ÷ building value. Hail: $73,839 ÷ $52,629,062,778 = 0.0000014. Wind: $513,065 ÷ $52,629,062,778 = 0.0000097. This is FEMA’s estimate of average damage to buildings and does not account for your deductible. Tornado is left out because FEMA’s tornado loss counts people and other exposure, not only buildings.

Read this as a yardstick. The rate is an average over every building in the county, from sheds to office towers, and over many years. Real losses come in rare, large storms; a roof with no damage in 19 years can need full replacement in the 20th. The figure is not a quote and not a prediction for one address.

Leon County in plain numbers

  • Leon County scores 93.35 in FEMA's overall hazard index (Relatively Moderate): 210th of 3,144 rated counties and 24th of 67 in Florida.
  • Hail scores 45.17 (Relatively Low). FEMA expects $73,839 of hail damage to buildings in Leon County a year, which is $1.40 per $1 million of buildings, 0.06 times the U.S. median.
  • Strong wind scores 91.79 (Relatively High) with $513,065 of expected yearly building loss in Leon County: $9.75 per $1 million of buildings, 0.48 times the U.S. median.
  • Tornado scores 97.11 (Relatively High) and FEMA's expected yearly tornado loss is $19,245,461, counting everything exposed, or $366 per $1 million of buildings in Leon County.
  • FEMA's own event record for Leon County averages 0.88 hail events and 1.27 strong-wind events a year.
  • NOAA logged 24 hail reports in Leon County between 2014 and June 2026, on 9 days with stones of 1 inch or more; the largest was 2 inches.
  • In Leon County, FEMA counts buildings worth 52.63 billion dollars and 292,157 residents.
  • Social vulnerability is Relatively Low in Leon County.
  • Community resilience there is Very High, for 292,157 residents.
  • 1 city in Leon County is covered on this site: Tallahassee. 14 Census ZIP areas have more than half of their land in the county.
  • Our guide range for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Tallahassee is $6,370 to $14,105.
  • Leon County ranks 179 of the 194 counties with a page here for hail loss per $1 million of buildings, 110 for wind and 49 for tornado.
  • In Leon County, May is the busiest month with 8 of the 24 reports (33 percent), against 0 reports in November.
  • Leon County's worst year was 2024, with 2 hail days at 1 inch or more and 6 reports. At the 2014 to 2025 pace that is 0.67 such days a year, one about every 18.0 months.
  • The median home in Leon County was built in 1988; 34.6% of its 135,906 housing units date from before 1980, 72.6% from before 2000 and 10.0% from 2010 on.
  • Census puts the median home value in Leon County at $279,800, and 51.9% of homes are lived in by their owners.
  • 8,136 single-family building permits were issued in Leon County from 2014 to 2025, about 59.9 per 1,000 homes, peaking in 2021.
  • NOAA lists 17 tornado tracks in Leon County since 2014; the strongest was an EF3 on March 3, 2019 near Baum, 5.07 miles long.
  • The fastest gust in NOAA's records for Leon County is 84 mph on May 10, 2024 at Fsu Doak Campbell Stadium.
  • The nearest county with a page here is Alachua County, 131 miles from the centre of Leon County; its hail score is 17.88.
  • Across counties the median is one roofing firm for every 5,189 homes; Census counted 26 roofing contractor establishments in Leon County in 2023, one for every 5,227 homes.

The hail record of Leon County, year by year

NOAA logged 24 reports in Leon County; hail of 1 inch or more fell on 9 days. That is 0.7 such days a year; the median county in NOAA’s file has 1.8.

Leon County: NOAA hail reports per year, 2014 to June 2026, with the number of days that had hail of 1 inch or more01234562014: 2 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0.88 inch142015: 1 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0.75 inch152016: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch162017: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch172018: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch182019: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch192020: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch202021: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 2 inch212022: 4 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch222023: 1 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0.88 inch232024: 6 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.25 inch242025: 6 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.5 inch252026: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch26*
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  • * 2026 runs to June only
Leon County: NOAA hail reports by calendar month, 2014 to June 2026January: 0 reports0JanFebruary: 0 reports0FebMarch: 5 reports5MarApril: 3 reports3AprMay: 8 reports8MayJune: 6 reports6JunJuly: 0 reports0JulAugust: 1 reports1AugSeptember: 0 reports0SepOctober: 0 reports0OctNovember: 0 reports0NovDecember: 1 reports1Dec

Reports by calendar month, all years together. Peak: May, 8 reports.

The same numbers as a table (years with at least one report)
YearReportsDays, 1 inch or moreDays, 1.75 inch or moreLargest stoneDamage reported
20142000.88 in–
20151000.75 in–
20161101 in–
20171101 in–
20211112 in–
20224201 in–
20231000.88 in–
20246201.25 in–
20256101.5 in–
2026 (to June)1101 in–

Biggest hail days in Leon County

DateLargest stoneReports that dayDamage reportedNear
April 24, 20212 in1none recordedLake Iamonia
June 25, 20251.5 in5none recordedGovernors Square Mall
May 6, 20241.25 in3none recordedLake Jackson
May 3, 20221 in3none recordedAndrew
March 27, 20241 in2none recordedForest Meadows Park

Where large hail was reported

FEMA scores the county as a whole. NOAA’s reports show where inside Leon County the big stones fell.

Reported hail locations, Leon County

1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1.25 in hail1.25 in hail1.25 in hail1.5 in hail2 in hail Tallahassee
  • 121 to 1.74 in
  • 11.75 to 2.74 in, golf ball to tennis ball
  • 02.75 in and up, baseball

Largest plotted stone: 2 in. Bigger dots are bigger stones.

13 reports of 1 inch or larger have coordinates. Each dot is a reported location, not a storm path.

Sources: NOAA, Census county outline

Wind and tornado records for Leon County

Fastest gusts in Leon County

DateGustNear
May 10, 202484 mphFsu Doak Campbell Stadium
April 27, 202381 mphLake Iamonia
April 27, 202381 mphOrchard Pond
March 9, 202481 mphMiccosukee

Strongest tornado tracks in Leon County

DateScaleLengthInjured / killedNear
March 3, 2019EF35.07 mi0 / 0Baum
May 10, 2024EF224.81 mi0 / 2Fort Braden
May 10, 2024EF29.17 mi0 / 0Andrew
April 7, 2025EF112.17 mi0 / 0Bloxham

17 tornado tracks in all since 2014; the strongest 4 are listed.

How old the roofs are

Census counts homes by the decade they were built. Under each bar is the number of hail days of 1 inch or more that an original roof from that decade has met, at Leon County’s 2014 to 2025 pace of 0.67 such days a year. Most roofs have been replaced since; the row shows what a roof that never was would have taken.

Leon County: share of homes by decade built, with the hail days at 1 inch or more that an original roof from each decade has met at the county's 2014 to 2025 ratepre-1940: 1.5% of homes1.5%<1940611940s: 2.0% of homes2%1940s541950s: 5.8% of homes5.8%1950s471960s: 8.0% of homes8%1960s411970s: 17.3% of homes17.3%1970s341980s: 19.5% of homes19.5%1980s271990s: 18.6% of homes18.6%1990s212000s: 17.3% of homes17.3%2000s142010s: 9.2% of homes9.2%2010s72020+: 0.8% of homes0.8%2020+2

Bars: share of 135,906 housing units by decade built. Figures under the decade: hail days met by an original roof, at the county’s 2014 to 2025 pace. The pace of earlier years is unknown.

Median year built1988
Built before 198034.6%
Built before 200072.6%
Built since 201010.0%
Owner-occupied51.9%
Median home value$279,800
Single-family permits, 2014 to 20258,136
Permits per 1,000 homes59.9

Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) and 25 to 30 years (architectural). Source: Census ACS 2019 to 2023 and Building Permits Survey.

Roofers and past disasters in Leon County

Roofing firms in Leon County

Roofing contractor establishments, 202326
Change since 2016+0 (+0%)
Homes per roofing firm5,227
Median across counties5,189
Employees, 2023475

Source for Leon County: Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 238160.

Nearby counties

The closest counties that have a risk page, by distance between county centres. Loss is per $1 million of buildings; the columns marked "times here" divide the neighbour's loss by Leon County's.

CountyMilesOverallHail lossHail, times hereWind lossWind, times hereNOAA hail reports
Alachua County, FL131 Relatively Moderate $0.460.33$7.730.7927
Marion County, FL160 Relatively High $0.510.36$6.870.7119
Escambia County, FL181 Relatively High $3.232.30$3.400.3521
Flagler County, FL195 Relatively Moderate $0.300.21$101.0349
Pinellas County, FL204 Relatively High $149.69$2.820.297
Volusia County, FL214 Relatively High $0.370.26$4.850.5048

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Cities and ZIP areas in Leon County

1 city in this county is on PickARoofer. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are Census shapes that approximate ZIP codes; where we have a city’s ZIPs, the share is the part of each area’s land that lies in this county. 14 such areas have more than half their land here.

CityZIP areas (share of land in the county)Pages
Tallahassee 32301 (100%), 32303 (100%), 32304 (100%), 32308 (100%), 32312 (100%) Roofers

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Questions

How high is storm risk in Leon County?

FEMA's National Risk Index gives Leon County an overall score of 93.35 (Relatively Moderate), 210th of 3,144. Hail scores 45.17 (Relatively Low), strong wind 91.79 (Relatively High) and tornado 97.11 (Relatively High).

In Leon County, how many hail reports has NOAA logged?

A report is one entry for one storm in one county, so counts follow where people live as well as where hail fell. NOAA has 24 for Leon County between 2014 and June 2026, on 9 days with hail of 1 inch or more; the largest stone was 2 inches.

What do hail and wind cost a home in Leon County each year, on average?

Applying FEMA's county rates to its median home value of $279,800: FEMA's estimate is about $0.39 a year for hail and $2.73 for wind, before any deductible, against $6.25 and $5.70 at the U.S. median county rates. This is an average over many years and all buildings, not a prediction for one roof; one bad storm costs far more than the average year.

How does Leon County compare with the rest of Florida?

Per $1 million of buildings Leon County loses $1.40 to hail a year, against $0.46 in the median county of the state. Among 67 rated counties it is 9th for hail, 11th for strong wind and 11th for tornado.

How old are the roofs in Leon County?

The median home was built in 1988, 38 years ago, and 72.6% of the 135,906 housing units in Leon County date from before 2000. Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) or 25 to 30 years (architectural), so an original roof of either kind is past its rated life. The Census does not record when a roof was replaced.

What does expected annual loss mean?

It is FEMA's estimate of the average yearly loss from a hazard, in dollars, summed over the county. It is built for comparing counties at planning level, not for pricing one house.

Does a high rating mean my roof will be damaged?

No. The index compares counties and cannot say what will happen on your street. After a storm, a roof inspection is the only way to know.

Sources for Leon County: FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026; NOAA Storm Events Database hail reports for Leon County; Census Bureau ZCTA-to-county relationship file (2020); Census ACS and Building Permits Survey, homes in Leon County; Census County Business Patterns, roofing firms in Leon County. Planning-level information about Leon County, not an inspection and not insurance advice.

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