NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
Tornado statistics for the Contiguous U.S. are provided by the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) and are available from January 1950—March 2025. Additional information can be found in the Monthly Tornado Report and Tornado Count Methodology.
Year | Tornadoes | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 384 | 7 |
| 2023 | 149 | 8 |
| 2022 | 219 | 1 |
| 2021 | 78 | 1 |
| 2020 | 264 | 38 |
| 2019 | 272 | 7 |
| 2018 | 130 | 1 |
| 2017 | 214 | 8 |
| 2016 | 142 | 1 |
| 2015 | 171 | 2 |
| 2014 | 129 | 35 |
| 2013 | 86 | 1 |
| 2012 | 206 | 6 |
| 2011 | 758 | 363 |
| 2010 | 139 | 11 |
| 2009 | 226 | 6 |
| 2008 | 189 | 0 |
| 2007 | 167 | 9 |
| 2006 | 246 | 38 |
| 2005 | 132 | 0 |
| 2004 | 125 | 8 |
| 2003 | 158 | 0 |
| 2002 | 116 | 7 |
| 2001 | 135 | 5 |
| 2000 | 136 | 2 |
| 1999 | 179 | 15 |
| 1998 | 182 | 55 |
| 1997 | 114 | 1 |
| 1996 | 177 | 12 |
| 1995 | 130 | 1 |
| 1994 | 206 | 13 |
| 1993 | 85 | 10 |
| 1992 | 53 | 0 |
| 1991 | 204 | 21 |
| 1990 | 108 | 0 |
| 1989 | 82 | 0 |
| 1988 | 58 | 4 |
| 1987 | 20 | 1 |
| 1986 | 84 | 2 |
| 1985 | 135 | 5 |
| 1984 | 176 | 33 |
| 1983 | 65 | 6 |
| 1982 | 151 | 30 |
| 1981 | 84 | 13 |
| 1980 | 137 | 4 |
| 1979 | 127 | 58 |
| 1978 | 107 | 4 |
| 1977 | 88 | 26 |
| 1976 | 113 | 1 |
| 1975 | 108 | 13 |
| 1974 | 273 | 317 |
| 1973 | 150 | 10 |
| 1972 | 96 | 16 |
| 1971 | 75 | 11 |
| 1970 | 117 | 30 |
| 1969 | 69 | 2 |
| 1968 | 103 | 40 |
| 1967 | 149 | 73 |
| 1966 | 80 | 12 |
| 1965 | 126 | 268 |
| 1964 | 158 | 15 |
| 1963 | 85 | 16 |
| 1962 | 41 | 2 |
| 1961 | 75 | 4 |
| 1960 | 70 | 7 |
| 1959 | 30 | 1 |
| 1958 | 76 | 4 |
| 1957 | 216 | 30 |
| 1956 | 85 | 67 |
| 1955 | 99 | 7 |
| 1954 | 113 | 2 |
| 1953 | 47 | 36 |
| 1952 | 37 | 4 |
| 1951 | 26 | 2 |
| 1950 | 15 | 12 |
