List of tornado events by year explained

The following is a list of tornado events by year.

Number of tornadoes in United States by year and intensity

United States tornadoes by year^{[1] [2]}

Year	Number of tornadoes	FU/EFU	F0/EF0	F1/EF1	F2/EF2	F3/EF3	F4/EF4	F5/EF5
1946	≥164	≥83	≥0	≥1	≥49	≥17	≥14	0
1947	≥127	?	≥1	≥1	≥92	≥19	≥15	≥2
1948	≥159	?	≥1	≥1	≥114	≥29	≥15	0
1949	≥279	≥71	?	≥2	≥135	≥52	≥19	0
1950	201	0	16	86	68	24	7	0
1951	260	0	49	100	83	23	5	0
1952	240	0	32	82	72	36	18	0
1953	421	0	66	159	134	40	17	5
1954	550	0	89	226	189	39	7	0
1955	591	0	170	217	164	30	8	2
1956	504	0	125	181	147	38	12	1
1957	858	0	216	306	236	74	23	3
1958	564	0	145	233	145	36	4	1
1959	604	0	145	262	155	35	7	0
1960	616	0	128	262	175	44	6	1
1961	697	0	154	241	229	66	7	0
1962	657	0	191	265	162	33	6	0
1963	463	0	98	179	148	33	5	0
1964	704	0	169	268	216	39	10	2
1965	897	0	246	300	249	71	30	1
1966	585	0	169	239	145	25	4	3
1967	927	0	282	327	243	58	17	0
1968	657	0	192	251	163	39	8	4
1969	608	0	195	218	139	49	7	0
1970	653	0	164	253	191	36	8	1
1971	889	0	188	380	239	71	10	1
1972	741	0	174	345	181	37	4	0
1973	1,102	0	219	497	301	71	13	1
1974	945	0	222	384	208	95	29	7
1975	919	0	307	376	191	34	11	0
1976	834	0	241	361	168	48	13	3
1977	852	0	236	420	136	48	11	1
1978	789	0	338	312	106	26	7	0
1979	855	0	359	342	116	31	7	0
1980	866	0	267	400	162	32	5	0
1981	782	0	283	320	149	23	7	0
1982	1,047	0	374	421	187	58	6	1
1983	930	0	350	372	147	57	4	0
1984	907	0	373	352	126	41	14	1
1985	684	0	308	259	79	29	8	1
1986	765	0	354	271	116	21	3	0
1987	656	0	340	239	62	12	3	0
1988	702	0	283	311	81	24	3	0
1989	856	0	369	364	102	10	11	0
1990	1,133	0	537	385	155	41	12	3
1991	1,132	0	688	295	103	39	6	1
1992	1,297	0	698	413	129	43	13	1
1993	1,172	0	733	323	80	30	6	0
1994	1,082	0	694	272	81	30	5	0
1995	1,237	0	822	285	98	20	12	0
1996	1,173	0	743	313	94	20	2	1
1997	1,148	0	743	281	85	29	9	1
1998	1,424	0	883	382	116	35	6	2
1999	1,339	0	830	323	122	51	12	1
2000	1,075	0	723	267	62	20	3	0
2001	1,215	0	810	278	98	23	6	0
2002	934	0	623	215	65	26	5	0
2003	1,374	0	891	355	93	27	8	0
2004	1,817	0	1,216	470	103	23	5	0
2005	1,263	0	815	343	84	20	1	0
2006	1,103	0	686	292	93	30	2	0
2007	1,097	0	674	300	91	27	4	1
2008	1,689	0	982	498	150	49	9	1
2009	1,156	0	703	347	84	20	2	0
2010	1,281	0	770	341	125	32	13	0
2011	1,706	0	798	626	198	61	17	6
2012	938	0	576	239	95	24	4	0
2013	906	0	501	298	79	19	8	1
2014	886	0	476	313	70	20	7	0
2015	1,177	0	696	396	64	18	3	0
2016	976	30	531	310	77	26	2	0
2017	1,428	64	630	590	129	13	2	0
2018	1,126	17	618	401	78	12	0	0
2019	1,517	186	647	531	117	33	3	0
2020	1,082	105	460	405	88	18	6	0
2021	1,314	203	556	427	104	21	3	0
2022	1,143	151	401	448	119	20	4	0
2023 <	-- 2023 totals from wiki Tornadoes_of_2023 page. Retrieved: 12/10/2023 -->	1,269	250	432	430	125	29	2	0
2024 <	-- 2024 totals from wiki Tornadoes_of_2024 page. Retrieved: 5/26/2024 -->	790	68	242	370	85	18	3	0
Total 1946-2024 <	-- 1946-1949 & 2024 totals from wiki Tornadoes_of_1946 to 1949 & 2024 pages. 1950-2022 data from SPC -->	≥ 71,489	≥ 1,228	≥ 32,452	≥ 24,138	≥ 10,236	≥ 2,720	≥ 653	≥ 61

See also

• List of tornadoes and tornado outbreaks

External links

• http://www.tornadoproject.com/ (The Tornado Project)
• https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents/ (Storm Events Database)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Storm Prediction Center WCM Data. Storm Prediction Center. May 2, 2023 .
2. 1950-2022 Actual Tornadoes csv 4/25/2023 update