Rethinking how we conceptualize tornado days
Simple ways of defining tornado days leave a lot to be desired.
Tag: Tornado Statistics
Early May tends to be feast or famine for tornadoes
Even though May is the peak of tornado season, a lull to start the month is not as unusual as…
Nebraska is a place for summer tornadoes, especially in June
Nebraska has been in the news a lot lately. Something of a twister apocalypse? Well, not entirely.
A tornado’s cost: Living in a tornado alley
There are a number of regions across the United States that see an exorbitant amount of tornadoes in a given…
Halloween tornadoes: The spooky historical facts
Is the Tampa, Florida area haunted by tornadoes on Halloween? Find out that fact and more in our brief synopsis…
Independence Day tornadoes: A different type of Fourth of July excitement
Fireworks not exciting enough for the Fourth? Tornadoes are a somewhat regular feature of Independence Day as well.
Top 10 tornado days in the United States
When it comes to top calendar days for tornadoes, May leads all other months with six days falling into the…
Comparing the tornadoes of 2012 to average and to 2011
2012 tornado data was recently published by the Storm Prediction Center. We take a quick look at how it broke…
Monthly tornado averages by state and region
Tornadoes happen in May, right? Well, it depends on where you live in the country. Here's a breakdown by state…
Tornadoes don’t happen in mountains. Or do they? Debunking the myth.
Mountain tornadoes are less common than their flat-land dwelling brethren, but they do happen. An examination by region and a…
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.
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…