YearFinal SPC data

2013

916 tornadoes in 2013, with 9,625 hail and 14,355 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

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

Tornado deaths

EF0 503 EF1 303 EF2 82 EF3 19 EF4 8 EF5 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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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

2013 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20131991 to 2020 average2008 to 2018 (other years)

916 tornadoes in 2013, 26% 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	11/17/13	76	2	8	EF4	IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, OH, TN
2	01/29/13	61	0	0	EF2	AL, AR, IL, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, OK, TN +1
3	05/20/13	38	1	24	EF5	AR, CO, IL, IN, KS, MO, OK, TX
4	05/31/13	36	0	8	EF3	AR, IA, IL, IN, KS, MO, ND, OK
5	10/31/13	33	0	0	EF2	AR, IL, KY, LA, MO, OH, TX
6	05/30/13	30	0	1	EF2	AR, IA, IL, MO, OK, TN
7	05/19/13	27	1	2	EF4	IA, IL, KS, MO, NE, OK
8	05/29/13	26	0	0	EF2	CO, IA, KS, NE, NY, OK, TX, WI
9	05/28/13	25	0	0	EF3	IL, KS, MI, NE, OK, PA, SD, TX
10	06/12/13	21	0	0	EF3	IA, IL, OH
11	05/15/13	20	1	6	EF4	OK, TX
12	02/18/13	18	0	0	EF1	AR, LA, TX
13	10/04/13	17	2	0	EF4	IA, NE, SD
14	04/17/13	16	0	0	EF2	MO, OK, TX
15	05/27/13	16	0	0	EF3	CO, KS, NE, WY

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	11/17/13	580	76	62	442	4 in	87 kt (100 mph)
2	05/19/13	578	27	239	312	3 in	70 kt (81 mph)
3	06/13/13	569	15	97	457	2.75 in	70 kt (81 mph)
4	07/10/13	541	9	71	461	2.5 in	83 kt (96 mph)
5	05/20/13	453	38	159	256	4.25 in	91 kt (105 mph)
6	06/12/13	450	21	177	252	2.75 in	87 kt (100 mph)
7	05/21/13	432	0	148	284	2.5 in	68 kt (78 mph)
8	01/29/13	427	61	23	343	1.75 in	104 kt (120 mph)
9	06/25/13	426	4	103	319	2 in	61 kt (70 mph)
10	05/29/13	425	26	189	210	2.9 in	74 kt (85 mph)
11	06/27/13	425	2	109	314	4.25 in	82 kt (94 mph)
12	06/24/13	420	5	112	303	2.75 in	87 kt (100 mph)
13	05/30/13	406	30	155	221	4.25 in	70 kt (81 mph)
14	07/23/13	393	3	153	237	4.25 in	87 kt (100 mph)
15	05/31/13	381	36	159	186	5.9 in	87 kt (100 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	05/31/13	5.9 in	Canadian County, OK
2	05/27/13	5.25 in	Jewell County, KS
3	04/02/13	4.5 in	Galveston County, TX
4	05/09/13	4.5 in	Menard County, TX
5	06/04/13	4.5 in	Jones County, TX
6	06/17/13	4.5 in	Lubbock County, TX
7	03/18/13	4.25 in	Hinds County, MS
8	03/31/13	4.25 in	Duval County, TX
9	05/20/13	4.25 in	Osage County, OK
10	05/30/13	4.25 in	Stephens County, OK
11	06/21/13	4.25 in	Custer County, SD
12	06/22/13	4.25 in	Platte County, WY
13	06/27/13	4.25 in	Barton County, KS
14	07/23/13	4.25 in	Reno County, KS
15	08/03/13	4.25 in	Powder River County, MT

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	07/12/13	105 kt	121	Estimated	Pennington County, MN
2	01/29/13	104 kt	120	Estimated	Scott County, MO
3	07/15/13	104 kt	120	Estimated	Roosevelt County, MT
4	08/05/13	103 kt	119	Estimated	Richland County, MT
5	07/12/13	100 kt	115	Estimated	Pennington County, MN
6	01/30/13	96 kt	110	Estimated	Henderson County, TN
7	01/30/13	96 kt	110	Estimated	Todd County, KY
8	01/30/13	96 kt	110	Estimated	Muhlenberg County, KY
9	08/01/13	96 kt	110	Estimated	Lincoln County, NE
10	10/07/13	96 kt	110	Estimated	Bergen County, NJ
11	01/30/13	91 kt	105	Estimated	Christian County, KY
12	03/18/13	91 kt	105	Estimated	DeKalb County, AL
13	04/19/13	91 kt	105	Estimated	Susquehanna County, PA
14	05/16/13	91 kt	105	Estimated	Caddo Parish, LA
15	05/20/13	91 kt	105	Estimated	Macoupin County, IL

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
02/10/13	EF4	Hattiesburg to Petal, Mississippi	MS	21.7 mi	1,320 yd	0	71
05/15/13	EF4	Canyon Creek to DeCordova, Texas	TX	2.5 mi	400 yd	6	54
05/18/13	EF4	Kinsley to Larned, Kansas	KS	7.0 mi	1,100 yd	0	0
05/19/13	EF4	Norman to Shawnee, Oklahoma	OK	23.0 mi	1,500 yd	2	10
05/20/13	EF5	Newcastle to Moore, Oklahoma	OK	13.9 mi	1,900 yd	24	212
10/04/13	EF4	Wayne to Wakefield, Nebraska	NE	18.3 mi	2,428 yd	0	15
10/04/13	EF4	Sloan to Correctionville, Iowa	IA	24.7 mi	2,600 yd	0	0
11/17/13	EF4	Marquette Heights to Streator, Illinois	IL	46.4 mi	880 yd	3	125
11/17/13	EF4	Okawville to Hoyleton, Illinois	IL	10.6 mi	200 yd	2	2

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
05/20/13	EF5	Newcastle to Moore, Oklahoma	OK	13.9 mi	1,900 yd	24	212
05/31/13	EF3	El Reno to Yukon, Oklahoma	OK	16.2 mi	4,576 yd	8	26
05/15/13	EF4	Canyon Creek to DeCordova, Texas	TX	2.5 mi	400 yd	6	54
11/17/13	EF4	Marquette Heights to Streator, Illinois	IL	46.4 mi	880 yd	3	125
11/17/13	EF3	Kevil, KY to Eddyville, KY	KY, IL	42.5 mi	500 yd	3	34
05/19/13	EF4	Norman to Shawnee, Oklahoma	OK	23.0 mi	1,500 yd	2	10
11/17/13	EF4	Okawville to Hoyleton, Illinois	IL	10.6 mi	200 yd	2	2
01/30/13	EF3	Adairsville to Fairmount, Georgia	GA	21.8 mi	900 yd	1	17
02/21/13	EF1	Pineland to Hemphill, Texas	TX	4.5 mi	150 yd	1	2
04/11/13	EF3	Union, MS to Reform, AL	MS, AL	66.4 mi	1,320 yd	1	9
05/30/13	EF1	Tull, Arkansas	AR	0.4 mi	200 yd	1	0
06/24/13	EF1	Muscatine, Iowa	IA	6.5 mi	100 yd	1	0
12/21/13	EF2	Hughes, Arkansas	AR	15.6 mi	300 yd	1	3
12/21/13	EF2	Clarksdale, Mississippi	MS	10.1 mi	300 yd	1	2

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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