YearFinal SPC data

2005

1,263 tornadoes in 2005, with 13,721 hail and 12,071 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

Tornado recordHail + windDaily reports (soon)Storm Events narrativesEF ScaleMax path width

Tornado deaths

F0 815 F1 343 F2 84 F3 20 F4 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.

Tornadoes by month

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Hail reports by month

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Wind reports by month

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Storm days

Every day with a tornado, hail or wind report. Warmer colors mean more tornadoes; gray days had hail or wind only; a white ring marks a day with an F4/EF4 or stronger tornado.

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Running count

2005 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20051991 to 2020 average2000 to 2010 (other years)

1,263 tornadoes in 2005, 3% 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	11/27/05	67	0	2	F3	AR, KS, LA, MO, MS
2	09/24/05	60	0	1	F3	AL, AR, LA, MS
3	11/15/05	49	1	1	F4	AL, AR, IL, IN, KY, MO, TN
4	06/04/05	40	0	0	F2	IA, ID, KS, MO, NE, OK, SD, TX, WI
5	08/29/05	40	0	1	F2	AL, FL, GA, MS
6	09/25/05	38	0	0	F1	AL, MS
7	06/09/05	36	0	0	F3	KS, OK, TX, WI
8	08/18/05	28	0	1	F3	MN, WI
9	07/06/05	25	0	0	F2	AL, FL, GA, IN, SC, TX
10	06/11/05	24	0	0	F1	FL, MN, ND, TX, WI
11	04/06/05	23	0	0	F3	AL, LA, MS
12	07/07/05	22	0	0	F2	NC, SC, SD, VA
13	04/10/05	21	0	0	F1	KS, OK
14	06/23/05	19	0	0	F2	AZ, FL, MN, ND, UT
15	06/13/05	17	0	0	F1	IA, IL, MN, MO, SD, WI

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	06/06/05	634	13	271	350	4.5 in	83 kt (96 mph)
2	04/22/05	595	9	405	181	4.5 in	75 kt (86 mph)
3	06/07/05	541	16	239	286	4.25 in	98 kt (113 mph)
4	06/04/05	535	40	286	209	4.5 in	70 kt (81 mph)
5	06/05/05	435	15	189	231	4.25 in	79 kt (91 mph)
6	06/20/05	432	8	202	222	4.25 in	96 kt (110 mph)
7	06/29/05	432	15	141	276	2 in	73 kt (84 mph)
8	05/08/05	425	6	363	56	4.25 in	90 kt (104 mph)
9	07/03/05	391	12	169	210	4 in	89 kt (102 mph)
10	06/30/05	390	9	171	210	2.75 in	87 kt (100 mph)
11	05/11/05	373	13	323	37	4.25 in	72 kt (83 mph)
12	03/30/05	353	14	272	67	2.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
13	06/16/05	349	1	157	191	4.25 in	87 kt (100 mph)
14	05/13/05	346	6	209	131	3 in	78 kt (90 mph)
15	06/09/05	342	36	220	86	4 in	75 kt (86 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	06/12/05	4.75 in	Grant County, KS
2	04/22/05	4.5 in	Autauga County, AL
3	06/04/05	4.5 in	Ringgold County, IA
4	06/06/05	4.5 in	Lea County, NM
5	06/11/05	4.5 in	Armstrong County, TX
6	09/17/05	4.5 in	Donley County, TX
7	02/22/05	4.25 in	Taylor County, TX
8	03/13/05	4.25 in	Madison Parish, LA
9	04/20/05	4.25 in	Clark County, KS
10	04/20/05	4.25 in	Washington County, CO
11	04/21/05	4.25 in	Rogers County, OK
12	04/22/05	4.25 in	Kemper County, MS
13	05/08/05	4.25 in	Mason County, TX
14	05/09/05	4.25 in	Llano County, TX
15	05/11/05	4.25 in	Hayes County, NE

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	11/06/05	110 kt	127	Not given	Henry County, TN
2	06/07/05	98 kt	113	Not given	Sully County, SD
3	07/13/05	98 kt	113	Not given	Roosevelt County, MT
4	06/07/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Faulk County, SD
5	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Pierce County, ND
6	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
7	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
8	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
9	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
10	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
11	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
12	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
13	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
14	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND
15	06/19/05	96 kt	110	Not given	Benson County, ND

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
11/15/05	F4	Earlington to Hanson, Kentucky	KY	15.0 mi	800 yd	0	40

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
11/06/05	F3	Corydon, KY to Dale, IN	KY, IN	41.3 mi	500 yd	24	238
01/12/05	F3	Junction City to El Dorado, Arkansas	AR	24.0 mi	900 yd	2	13
01/13/05	F1	Arlington, Georgia	GA	3.0 mi	100 yd	2	5
08/12/05	F2	Wright, Wyoming	WY	1.5 mi	450 yd	2	13
03/22/05	F3	Donalsonville to Colquitt, Georgia	GA	18.0 mi	1,250 yd	1	18
08/18/05	F3	Oregon to Cambridge, Wisconsin	WI	18.6 mi	600 yd	1	23
08/29/05	F2	Centralhatchee to Carrollton, Georgia	GA	5.5 mi	200 yd	1	3
09/24/05	F1	Isola, Mississippi	MS	3.5 mi	100 yd	1	2
11/12/05	F3	Dayton to Stanhope, Iowa	IA	17.6 mi	150 yd	1	3
11/15/05	F3	Mayfield to Eddyville, Kentucky	KY	44.0 mi	500 yd	1	20
11/27/05	F3	Morrilton to Wooster, Arkansas	AR	15.0 mi	700 yd	1	8
11/27/05	F2	Doniphan, Missouri	MO	12.0 mi	250 yd	1	0

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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