YearFinal SPC data

1975

919 tornadoes in 1975, with 1,374 hail and 2,639 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 307 F1 376 F2 191 F3 34 F4 11

Hail and wind show significant reports only (2 in or larger, 65 kt or stronger). Click a legend item to show or hide it, or "only" to see just that. Select anything on the map to open its record.

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Storm days

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Running count

1975 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

19751991 to 2020 average1970 to 1980 (other years)

919 tornadoes in 1975, 25% below the 1991 to 2020 average of 1,231.

Counts by storm day (12Z to 12Z). Reporting changed a great deal over the decades, so years far from 1991 to 2020 are not a like-for-like comparison with the average.

Busiest tornado days

#	Day	Tornadoes	F/EF4+	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	01/10/75	32	1	11	F4	AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, LA, MS, NC
2	05/07/75	23	0	0	F2	IA, LA, MS, SD, TX
3	06/25/75	23	0	0	F3	MT, NE, SD, TX, WY
4	04/29/75	18	0	5	F3	IL, LA, TX
5	11/09/75	18	0	0	F3	FL, IA, IL, IN, MI, OH, TN
6	05/22/75	17	0	0	F2	CO, IA, KS, NE, TX
7	06/17/75	16	0	1	F2	AL, CO, IA, IL, IN, MI, MT, NE, OH
8	06/19/75	16	0	0	F2	CT, MD, NC, ND, NE, PA, SD, WV
9	04/30/75	15	0	0	F2	AL, AR, IL, LA
10	04/18/75	14	0	1	F3	AR, IL, IN, MI, TN
11	05/06/75	13	2	3	F4	IA, MS, NE, SD
12	06/18/75	13	1	1	F4	CO, IA, IL, NE, WY
13	03/13/75	13	0	0	F2	AL, CA, FL, GA, NC
14	03/24/75	12	0	0	F2	FL, GA, NC, PA, SC, TN, VA
15	07/13/75	12	0	0	F2	MD, NC, NJ, OH, SC, VA

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	01/10/75	162	32	0	130	–	70 kt (81 mph)
2	04/29/75	106	18	34	54	3 in	60 kt (69 mph)
3	05/07/75	100	23	47	30	2.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
4	05/20/75	98	7	26	65	4.5 in	85 kt (98 mph)
5	03/24/75	95	12	6	77	1.75 in	73 kt (84 mph)
6	11/29/75	81	7	10	64	1.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
7	11/09/75	78	18	1	59	1 in	68 kt (78 mph)
8	04/18/75	74	14	4	56	2.5 in	70 kt (81 mph)
9	05/06/75	73	13	44	16	2.75 in	61 kt (70 mph)
10	03/23/75	72	8	19	45	2.25 in	70 kt (81 mph)
11	07/03/75	71	2	34	35	3 in	70 kt (81 mph)
12	06/04/75	68	7	30	31	3 in	78 kt (90 mph)
13	06/13/75	66	6	33	27	3 in	72 kt (83 mph)
14	06/16/75	65	5	10	50	2 in	85 kt (98 mph)
15	06/19/75	65	16	14	35	2.75 in	69 kt (79 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	05/10/75	5 in	Jefferson County, OK
2	05/10/75	5 in	Jefferson County, OK
3	04/23/75	4.5 in	Macon County, MO
4	04/23/75	4.5 in	Carroll County, MO
5	05/20/75	4.5 in	McCurtain County, OK
6	06/06/75	4 in	Comanche County, KS
7	06/18/75	4 in	Sheridan County, KS
8	07/19/75	4 in	Hall County, NE
9	08/07/75	4 in	Dawson County, MT
10	04/23/75	3.75 in	Carroll County, MO
11	05/23/75	3.5 in	Cumberland County, NC
12	04/27/75	3 in	Tillman County, OK
13	04/29/75	3 in	McLennan County, TX
14	04/29/75	3 in	Caddo Parish, LA
15	05/02/75	3 in	Beckham County, OK

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	02/23/75	100 kt	115	Not given	Cattaraugus County, NY
2	12/13/75	100 kt	115	Not given	Morris County, KS
3	05/22/75	90 kt	104	Not given	Yankton County, SD
4	01/25/75	88 kt	101	Not given	Westmoreland County, PA
5	05/09/75	88 kt	101	Not given	Mayes County, OK
6	05/13/75	88 kt	101	Not given	Broward County, FL
7	05/08/75	87 kt	100	Not given	Victoria County, TX
8	05/19/75	87 kt	100	Not given	Hennepin County, MN
9	12/13/75	87 kt	100	Not given	Sedgwick County, KS
10	12/25/75	87 kt	100	Not given	FL
11	04/30/75	86 kt	99	Not given	LA
12	04/27/75	85 kt	98	Not given	Dawes County, NE
13	05/20/75	85 kt	98	Not given	Morrison County, MN
14	05/22/75	85 kt	98	Not given	Lyon County, MN
15	05/22/75	85 kt	98	Not given	Renville County, MN

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
01/10/75	F4	Magnolia to Mendenhall, Mississippi	MS	56.5 mi	200 yd	9	210
02/23/75	F4	Moundville to Tuscaloosa, Alabama	AL	14.4 mi	500 yd	1	49
03/28/75	F4	Warren, Arkansas	AR	5.4 mi	250 yd	7	51
04/23/75	F4	Hamilton to Chillicothe, Missouri	MO	11.4 mi	400 yd	1	3
04/23/75	F4	Bevier to Shelbina, Missouri	MO	28.2 mi	1,700 yd	1	4
04/24/75	F4	Seneca to Neosho, Missouri	MO	11.9 mi	500 yd	3	22
05/06/75	F4	Pierce, Nebraska	NE	4.1 mi	300 yd	0	0
05/06/75	F4	La Vista to Omaha, Nebraska	NE	8.0 mi	267 yd	3	133
06/18/75	F4	Arnold, Nebraska	NE	15.2 mi	10 yd	0	0
06/28/75	F4	Moorhead to Dilworth, Minnesota	MN	5.4 mi	1,320 yd	0	0
06/29/75	F4	New England to Elgin, North Dakota	ND	68.0 mi	880 yd	1	4

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
01/10/75	F4	Magnolia to Mendenhall, Mississippi	MS	56.5 mi	200 yd	9	210
03/28/75	F4	Warren, Arkansas	AR	5.4 mi	250 yd	7	51
03/24/75	F3	Atlanta to Brookhaven, Georgia	GA	14.8 mi	500 yd	3	152
04/24/75	F4	Seneca to Neosho, Missouri	MO	11.9 mi	500 yd	3	22
04/29/75	F3	Pearsall to Devine, Texas	TX	8.3 mi	500 yd	3	5
05/06/75	F4	La Vista to Omaha, Nebraska	NE	8.0 mi	267 yd	3	133
06/22/75	F1	Tulia, Texas	TX	10.0 mi	80 yd	3	0
02/18/75	F3	Fort Valley to Perry, Georgia	GA	9.7 mi	300 yd	2	50
02/22/75	F2	Altus, Oklahoma	OK	5.2 mi	100 yd	2	8
03/27/75	F3	Lefors, Texas	TX	1.0 mi	220 yd	2	42
04/29/75	F2	Rosepine to Oakdale, Louisiana	LA	14.8 mi	50 yd	2	8
05/13/75	F3	Coleman, Texas	TX	0.1 mi	27 yd	2	5
07/23/75	F3	Cuba to Glasford, Illinois	IL	14.0 mi	2,630 yd	2	69
08/31/75	F1	Halstad to Crookston, Minnesota	MN	4.3 mi	30 yd	2	0
01/10/75	F1	Mermentau to Crowley, Louisiana	LA	13.5 mi	37 yd	1	8

Storm days. A day here runs from 12Z to 12Z (6 a.m. CST to 6 a.m. CST the next morning), the way SPC counts storm days, so an overnight tornado counts with the afternoon and evening before it.
Reporting changed over time. Tornado counts rose from the 1990s on as Doppler radar, spotter networks and cameras caught more weak tornadoes. Counts from different decades are not directly comparable, especially for the weakest ratings.
F and EF ratings. The Enhanced Fujita (EF) Scale replaced the Fujita (F) Scale on 02/01/07. Both estimate wind speed from damage, but they use different damage indicators, so each rating is shown with its own scale.

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