Climatology

Here’s where tornadoes typically form in January across the United States

Yeah, January is usually really freaking cold. Tornadoes still happen during the month though.

10 years ago

Here’s where tornadoes typically form in December across the United States

Tornadoes tend to focus their wrath on the mid-South and sometimes the Mississippi Valley in December.

10 years ago

Here’s where tornadoes typically form in November across the United States

While November can be active when it comes to tornadoes, the typical story is that of smaller land area within…

10 years ago

Here’s where tornadoes typically form in October across the United States

October is sometimes part of a "second season" of fall tornado activity. In general, it features characteristics of a cool…

10 years ago

Strong January tornadoes in the United States

Most years have a handful of these F2/EF-2+ events, with the averages skewed toward years with moderate or large outbreaks.

12 years ago

January tornado climatology of the United States

January continues the wintertime bottom of tornado activity in the United States. The current climatological average is 35 tornadoes per…

12 years ago

Strong December tornadoes in the United States

The most damaging of tornadoes are relatively infrequent in the cool season, but they do happen, and they tend to…

12 years ago

December tornado climatology of the United States

December begins the bottom of tornado activity in a normal year. That trends lasts through most of the winter or…

12 years ago

Strong November tornadoes in the United States

There is a bit of a spike in strong tornado activity in November across the record. Mississippi and Alabama lead…

12 years ago

November tornado climatology of the United States

Though November can be part of a late-year secondary peak in activity, most years are fairly quiet compared to earlier…

12 years ago

Significant October Tornadoes in the United States

Compared to the drop in overall tornadoes in October from September, the rate of decrease among strong or significant (F2/EF-2+)…

12 years ago

U.S. Tornadoes: The Month of October by the Numbers

October is the fourth least productive month of the year when it comes to overall tornado counts. While there is…

12 years ago