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This article's lead section may be too long. Please read the length guidelines and help move details into the article's body. (August 2024) Tornadoes in the United States 1950-2019 A tornado strikes near Anadarko, Oklahoma. This was part of the 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak on May 3, 1999. Tornadoes are more common in the United States than in any other country or state. The United States ...
The US averages over 1,150 tornadoes every single year. That’s more than any other country in the world. In fact, it’s more than Canada, Australia and all European countries combined.
The second of these tornadoes also killed two people. To the south of these tornadoes, a swath of significant straight-line winds of around 100 mph (160 km/h) caused damage in the southern part of Tallahassee and points east. The third tornado, which was rated high-end EF1, passed south of Tallahassee, producing widespread tree damage.
This year, at least 52 people were killed in tornado outbreaks through November, ... The July outbreak of more than 79 tornadoes caused $2.4 billion in damage. And a tornado outbreak in late May ...
The United States averaged 1,274 tornadoes per year from 2001 to 2011. April 2011 saw the most tornadoes recorded to date for any month in the US National Weather Service's history: 875. [e] [51] It has more tornadoes yearly than any other country, and reports more violent F4 and F5 tornadoes than anywhere else. [37]
The only years when there were more tornadoes through May 8 were 2007, 2008, 2011 and 2017. A large tornado tracks past a highway near Lincoln, Nebraska, on April 26, 2024. (Aaron Jayjack)
In fact, 2024 has already had more tornadoes than the average annual total of 1,402. Tornado outbreaks at the end of April and the month of May quickly raised 2024 above the historical average.
Each year, more than 2,000 tornadoes are recorded worldwide, with the vast majority occurring in North America and Europe. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] To assess the intensity of these events, meteorologist Ted Fujita devised a method to estimate maximum wind speeds within tornadic storms based on the damage caused; this became known as the Fujita scale .