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

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

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

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

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…
Ian Livingston
Strong January tornadoes in the United States

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.
Ian Livingston
January tornado climatology of the United States

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…
Ian Livingston
Strong December tornadoes in the United States

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…
Ian Livingston
December tornado climatology of the United States

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…
Ian Livingston
Strong November tornadoes in the United States

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…
Ian Livingston
November tornado climatology of the United States

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…
Ian Livingston

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+)…
Ian Livingston

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…
Ian Livingston

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