U.S. Tornadoes: The Month of July by the Numbers
July is the fourth most active month of the year for tornadoes, but the continued downward trend from peak season…
Category: Tornado Climatology
Map: July Tornadoes in the United States
The high Plains and northern Plains are favored areas for July tornadoes. Our county map gives more detail to areas…
Significant June Tornadoes in the United States
Significant F2/EF-2+ tornadoes have historically made up just shy of 16 percent of all June tornadoes throughout the modern record…
U.S. Tornadoes: The Month of June by the Numbers
June is past the yearly peak when looking at overall tornadoes by month, but what it lacks in numbers compared…
Map: June Tornadoes in the United States
June is near peak tornado activity, with the Plains and Midwest as hotsposts. Our county map gives more detail to…
Significant May Tornadoes in the United States
Roughly 20 percent of the 12,349 tornadoes in May (1950-2011) were significant. That’s a hard count of 2,435 tornadoes. Since…
U.S. Tornadoes: The Month of May by the Numbers
When it comes to raw numbers of tornadoes, May is king. And, unlike prior months, days per month with tornadoes…
Alabama’s tornado-free April 2012
Last week, chatter began to arise about the fact that Alabama was in the midst of a tornado-free April. Well,…
April tornado deaths since 1950
Although May and June average more tornadoes than April does, April is the leader of all months when it comes…
Significant April Tornadoes in the United States
Out of 7,885 tornadoes total in April (1950-2011), 2,161 — or 27% — were rated as significant F2/EF-2+ tornadoes. In…
F0/EF-0 through F5/EF-5 U.S. Tornado Trends, Plus a Look at Oklahoma and Alabama
Over the past few weeks there have been a number of searches for graphs showing F0/EF-0 through F5/EF-5 tornado trends since records…
Violent F4/EF-4 and F5/EF-5 Tornadoes in the United States since 1950
Combined, violent tornadoes make up a still rather meager 1 percent of all tornadoes, but they caused 64 percent of…