1,765
2024 (latest)
US TORNADOES
tornadoes · 1950–2024 · neither direction is "better" · computed from NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado records
200
1950
1,805
high · 2004
200
low · 1950
+783%
since 1950
┊ dashed lines mark 1979 Oil shock & inflation peak · 1987 Black Monday crash · 1991 Gulf War recession · 2001 Dot-com bust & 9/11 · 2008 Global financial crisis · 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Method & caveats. Annual count of unique yr/mo/dy/om tornado IDs with sn=1 (whole-tornado records), excluding state segments; 1950–2024. 2007 Enhanced Fujita scale change and Doppler-era detection improvements affect comparability. Breaks: 2007 Enhanced Fujita scale change and Doppler-era detection improvements affect comparability.
Sources
Every value on this page is read from the publisher below. Current and historical source documents:
- https://www.spc.noaa.gov/wcm/data/1950-2025_actual_tornadoes.csv
- https://github.com/danielmiessler/substrate/tree/main/Data/US-Energy-And-Environment
Data
| Year | US tornadoes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,765 | +35% |
| 2023 | 1,303 | +13% |
| 2022 | 1,154 | −12% |
| 2021 | 1,306 | +21% |
| 2020 | 1,076 | −29% |
| 2019 | 1,509 | +34% |
| 2018 | 1,129 | −20% |
| 2017 | 1,420 | +47% |
| 2016 | 969 | −17% |
| 2015 | 1,167 | +27% |
| 2014 | 918 | +2% |
| 2013 | 900 | −4% |
| 2012 | 940 | −44% |
| 2011 | 1,672 | +30% |
| 2010 | 1,286 | +12% |
| 2009 | 1,151 | −32% |
| 2008 | 1,683 | +49% |
| 2007 | 1,126 | +4% |
| 2006 | 1,084 | −14% |
| 2005 | 1,262 | −30% |
| 2004 | 1,805 | +33% |
| 2003 | 1,355 | +47% |
| 2002 | 923 | −24% |
| 2001 | 1,207 | +12% |
| 2000 | 1,073 | −19% |
| 1999 | 1,327 | −6% |
| 1998 | 1,417 | +24% |
| 1997 | 1,145 | −2% |
| 1996 | 1,169 | −5% |
| 1995 | 1,229 | +14% |
| 1994 | 1,076 | −8% |
| 1993 | 1,168 | −10% |
| 1992 | 1,291 | +15% |
| 1991 | 1,126 | +0% |
| 1990 | 1,125 | +33% |
| 1989 | 849 | +21% |
| 1988 | 702 | +8% |
| 1987 | 653 | −14% |
| 1986 | 758 | +12% |
| 1985 | 674 | −25% |
| 1984 | 899 | −3% |
| 1983 | 926 | −11% |
| 1982 | 1,038 | +33% |
| 1981 | 780 | −10% |
| 1980 | 862 | +1% |
| 1979 | 850 | +9% |
| 1978 | 783 | −8% |
| 1977 | 848 | +2% |
| 1976 | 828 | −10% |
| 1975 | 917 | −2% |
| 1974 | 935 | −15% |
| 1973 | 1,098 | +49% |
| 1972 | 738 | −16% |
| 1971 | 883 | +37% |
| 1970 | 646 | +7% |
| 1969 | 605 | −7% |
| 1968 | 653 | −29% |
| 1967 | 921 | +58% |
| 1966 | 582 | −34% |
| 1965 | 887 | +27% |
| 1964 | 699 | +53% |
| 1963 | 457 | −30% |
| 1962 | 652 | −5% |
| 1961 | 688 | +12% |
| 1960 | 615 | +3% |
| 1959 | 599 | +7% |
| 1958 | 559 | −35% |
| 1957 | 854 | +71% |
| 1956 | 500 | −15% |
| 1955 | 585 | +8% |
| 1954 | 542 | +31% |
| 1953 | 415 | +75% |
| 1952 | 237 | −9% |
| 1951 | 260 | +30% |
| 1950 | 200 | — |
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