YearFinal SPC data

1992

1,297 tornadoes in 1992, with 5,687 hail and 6,443 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reportsStorm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 698 F1 413 F2 129 F3 43 F4 13 F5 1

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

1992 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

19921991 to 2020 average1987 to 1997 (other years)

1,297 tornadoes in 1992, 5% above 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	06/16/92	65	2	1	F5	IA, MN, ND, NE, SD
2	06/15/92	58	2	0	F4	KS, NE, SD
3	11/22/92	52	3	10	F4	AL, GA, IN, KY, MD, NC, OH, SC, VA
4	11/21/92	43	3	16	F4	AL, LA, MS, TN, TX
5	07/12/92	39	0	0	F3	CO, FL, IN, KS, NC, NY, OH, PA, WY
6	08/26/92	39	0	0	F1	IL, LA, MS
7	05/11/92	33	1	0	F4	KS, OK, TX
8	06/17/92	29	0	0	F3	FL, IL, IN, MI, WI
9	05/15/92	24	0	0	F2	CO, KS, NE, NM, SD, WY
10	06/27/92	23	1	0	F4	CO, FL, KS, MA, NM, TX
11	06/18/92	21	0	0	F1	IN, KS, KY, ND, OH, OK, TX
12	06/13/92	18	0	0	F2	CO, FL, KS, LA, SD, TX
13	06/30/92	17	0	0	F2	AR, LA, NE, SD, TX
14	07/15/92	17	0	0	F2	DE, IA, KS, NJ, PA, TX
15	11/03/92	17	0	0	F3	AL, LA, TX

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	06/17/92	393	29	64	300	4.5 in	78 kt (90 mph)
2	07/02/92	366	14	83	269	3 in	87 kt (100 mph)
3	06/19/92	286	16	93	177	4.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
4	06/16/92	273	65	62	146	5 in	95 kt (109 mph)
5	06/24/92	269	7	119	143	2.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
6	06/14/92	238	6	105	127	4.5 in	70 kt (81 mph)
7	06/18/92	232	21	120	91	4.5 in	61 kt (70 mph)
8	07/15/92	232	17	91	124	4.5 in	70 kt (81 mph)
9	07/10/92	201	4	40	157	2 in	75 kt (86 mph)
10	09/09/92	198	4	85	109	2.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
11	05/11/92	193	33	113	47	4.5 in	70 kt (81 mph)
12	07/04/92	193	6	131	56	5 in	70 kt (81 mph)
13	08/10/92	192	2	34	156	1.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
14	07/14/92	181	8	60	113	2.75 in	86 kt (99 mph)
15	04/24/92	161	4	76	81	4.5 in	75 kt (86 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	06/16/92	5 in	Sanborn County, SD
2	07/04/92	5 in	Osage County, KS
3	07/25/92	5 in	Scott County, KS
4	03/08/92	4.5 in	Carter County, OK
5	03/17/92	4.5 in	Pratt County, KS
6	04/18/92	4.5 in	Jackson County, OK
7	04/24/92	4.5 in	Lea County, NM
8	04/28/92	4.5 in	McLennan County, TX
9	04/29/92	4.5 in	Ellis County, TX
10	05/10/92	4.5 in	Cowley County, KS
11	05/11/92	4.5 in	Bryan County, OK
12	06/14/92	4.5 in	Pittsburg County, OK
13	06/17/92	4.5 in	Lee County, IA
14	06/18/92	4.5 in	Randall County, TX
15	06/19/92	4.5 in	Sedgwick County, KS

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	06/07/92	97 kt	112	Not given	Wilbarger County, TX
2	07/13/92	96 kt	110	Not given	Jackson County, IA
3	06/16/92	95 kt	109	Not given	Hamlin County, SD
4	07/08/92	90 kt	104	Not given	Cloud County, KS
5	07/01/92	89 kt	102	Not given	Burlington County, NJ
6	08/11/92	88 kt	101	Not given	Berks County, PA
7	03/07/92	87 kt	100	Not given	County 185, VA
8	06/15/92	87 kt	100	Not given	Rooks County, KS
9	06/19/92	87 kt	100	Not given	Osage County, OK
10	06/19/92	87 kt	100	Not given	Pawnee County, OK
11	06/19/92	87 kt	100	Not given	Tulsa County, OK
12	06/19/92	87 kt	100	Not given	Pawnee County, OK
13	07/02/92	87 kt	100	Not given	Polk County, IA
14	07/13/92	87 kt	100	Not given	Linn County, IA
15	08/04/92	87 kt	100	Not given	Franklin County, VT

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
02/18/92	F4	Ohio City, Ohio	OH	2.8 mi	40 yd	0	6
03/09/92	F4	Anguilla to Isola, Mississippi	MS	20.0 mi	880 yd	0	1
05/11/92	F4	Kiowa, Oklahoma	OK	10.0 mi	400 yd	0	3
06/15/92	F4	Beloit, Kansas	KS	3.0 mi	100 yd	0	0
06/15/92	F4	McPherson to Galva, Kansas	KS	6.0 mi	73 yd	0	10
06/16/92	F5	Edgerton to Slayton, Minnesota	MN	16.0 mi	280 yd	1	35
06/16/92	F4	Slayton, Minnesota	MN	7.0 mi	160 yd	0	3
06/27/92	F4	Fritch to Borger, Texas	TX	20.0 mi	1,583 yd	0	7
11/21/92	F4	Galena Park to Dayton, Texas	TX	30.0 mi	1,800 yd	0	16
11/21/92	F4	Crystal Springs to Mathiston, Mississippi	MS	128 mi	880 yd	12	122
11/22/92	F4	Taylorsville to Newton, Mississippi	MS	40.0 mi	1,760 yd	0	20
11/22/92	F4	Powder Springs to Holly Springs, Georgia	GA	20.0 mi	867 yd	0	46
11/22/92	F4	Eatonton to Crawfordville, Georgia	GA	32.0 mi	867 yd	5	86
11/22/92	F4	Carrollton, KY to Rising Sun, IN	KY, IN	26.7 mi	60 yd	1	10

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
11/21/92	F4	Crystal Springs to Mathiston, Mississippi	MS	128 mi	880 yd	12	122
11/22/92	F4	Eatonton to Crawfordville, Georgia	GA	32.0 mi	867 yd	5	86
03/10/92	F3	Stonewall to Marion, Mississippi	MS	20.0 mi	1,760 yd	3	57
10/03/92	F3	Kenneth City, Florida	FL	2.6 mi	500 yd	3	75
03/10/92	F3	Forkland to Greensboro, Alabama	AL	18.0 mi	440 yd	2	7
08/25/92	F3	Kenner to Gramercy, Louisiana	LA	9.0 mi	150 yd	2	32
11/22/92	F1	Mathiston to Vardaman, Mississippi	MS	9.0 mi	200 yd	2	0
11/23/92	F3	Hillsborough, North Carolina	NC	5.5 mi	1,200 yd	2	10
06/16/92	F5	Edgerton to Slayton, Minnesota	MN	16.0 mi	280 yd	1	35
08/29/92	F3	Coloma to Redgranite, Wisconsin	WI	28.0 mi	800 yd	1	30
10/03/92	F2	Largo, Florida	FL	3.0 mi	200 yd	1	0
11/22/92	F2	De Kalb to Aliceville, Mississippi	MS	27.0 mi	880 yd	1	1
11/22/92	F1	Bolivar, Tennessee	TN	16.0 mi	73 yd	1	3
11/22/92	F3	Dahlonega to Cleveland, Georgia	GA	10.0 mi	867 yd	1	7
11/22/92	F4	Carrollton, KY to Rising Sun, IN	KY, IN	26.7 mi	60 yd	1	10

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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