YearFinal SPC data

2018

1,138 tornadoes in 2018, with 7,854 hail and 14,611 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

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

F/EF4 or stronger

Tornado deaths

EF0 627 EF1 402 EF2 80 EF3 12 EFU 17

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

2018 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20181991 to 2020 average2013 to 2023 (other years)

1,138 tornadoes in 2018, 8% 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	Deaths	Strongest	States
1	10/31/18	54	0	EF2	AL, KY, LA, MS, TX
2	04/13/18	40	1	EF2	AR, LA, MO, MS, TX
3	12/01/18	34	0	EF3	AL, FL, GA, IL
4	05/02/18	33	0	EF2	KS, MO, OK, TX
5	02/24/18	30	2	EF2	AR, KY, MO, OH, TN
6	09/20/18	30	0	EF2	IA, MN, OH, WI
7	05/28/18	29	0	EF1	CO, IA, KS, OK, SC, UT, WY
8	11/05/18	29	1	EF2	AL, FL, KY, LA, MS, TN
9	08/28/18	26	0	EF2	IA, MI, WI
10	04/14/18	23	0	EF2	FL, LA, MS
11	07/19/18	23	0	EF3	IA, MN, MO
12	10/09/18	23	0	EF1	AR, IA, MO, OK
13	04/03/18	22	0	EF2	IL, IN, KY, MO, OH
14	10/02/18	21	0	EF2	CT, NY, PA
15	03/19/18	20	0	EF3	AL, GA, MS, TN

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	06/28/18	679	16	98	565	3.5 in	113 kt (130 mph)
2	04/03/18	601	22	187	392	3 in	78 kt (90 mph)
3	05/15/18	534	12	152	370	2.75 in	100 kt (115 mph)
4	07/20/18	469	9	164	296	4 in	83 kt (96 mph)
5	05/31/18	450	8	103	339	2.75 in	77 kt (89 mph)
6	05/14/18	448	11	247	190	3 in	70 kt (81 mph)
7	04/13/18	435	40	224	171	2.5 in	96 kt (110 mph)
8	06/24/18	433	9	53	371	2.75 in	87 kt (100 mph)
9	06/26/18	366	18	99	249	3.5 in	78 kt (90 mph)
10	05/02/18	333	33	142	158	3 in	100 kt (115 mph)
11	06/01/18	327	15	93	219	2.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)
12	05/29/18	297	7	175	115	4 in	70 kt (81 mph)
13	06/22/18	296	7	61	228	2 in	78 kt (90 mph)
14	06/18/18	288	6	65	217	3 in	70 kt (81 mph)
15	05/04/18	273	1	11	261	1.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	03/18/18	5.5 in	Bastrop County, TX
2	03/19/18	5.38 in	Cullman County, AL
3	06/29/18	4.5 in	Butte County, SD
4	03/18/18	4.25 in	Burleson County, TX
5	03/18/18	4.25 in	Burleson County, TX
6	05/25/18	4.25 in	Comanche County, TX
7	08/06/18	4.25 in	Perkins County, NE
8	03/19/18	4 in	Cullman County, AL
9	05/01/18	4 in	Butler County, NE
10	05/01/18	4 in	Barton County, KS
11	05/01/18	4 in	Ottawa County, KS
12	05/29/18	4 in	Ford County, KS
13	06/06/18	4 in	Logan County, CO
14	06/30/18	4 in	Luce County, MI
15	07/20/18	4 in	Monroe County, KY

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	06/29/18	113 kt	130	Estimated	Mercer County, ND
2	09/14/18	104 kt	120	Estimated	Stutsman County, ND
3	07/09/18	103 kt	119	Estimated	Sheridan County, MT
4	05/02/18	100 kt	115	Estimated	Tillman County, OK
5	05/15/18	100 kt	115	Estimated	Wayne County, PA
6	06/07/18	100 kt	115	Estimated	Scurry County, TX
7	06/08/18	100 kt	115	Estimated	Mitchell County, TX
8	06/08/18	100 kt	115	Estimated	Mitchell County, TX
9	04/14/18	96 kt	110	Estimated	Jefferson County, TX
10	04/15/18	96 kt	110	Estimated	Lexington County, SC
11	05/15/18	96 kt	110	Estimated	Wayne County, PA
12	07/05/18	96 kt	110	Estimated	Menifee County, KY
13	07/26/18	96 kt	110	Estimated	Sherman County, KS
14	08/28/18	96 kt	110	Estimated	Fond du Lac County, WI
15	09/20/18	96 kt	110	Estimated	Rice County, MN

F4/EF4 and stronger

No tornado was rated F4/EF4 or stronger this year.

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
11/02/18	EF1	Baltimore, Maryland	MD	2.7 mi	150 yd	2	1
02/24/18	EF2	Adams, TN to Adairville, KY	TN, KY	12.9 mi	350 yd	1	1
02/24/18	EF2	Corning, AR to Malden, MO	AR, MO	41.9 mi	150 yd	1	5
04/14/18	EF1	Shreveport to Haughton, Louisiana	LA	22.5 mi	1,100 yd	1	0
05/15/18	EF0	Beacon, New York	NY	0.6 mi	50 yd	1	0
07/10/18	EF2	Watford City, North Dakota	ND	0.5 mi	400 yd	1	28
09/17/18	EF2	Rockwood, Virginia	VA	7.5 mi	350 yd	1	1
11/06/18	EF2	Eagleville to Bell Buckle, Tennessee	TN	10.5 mi	150 yd	1	3
12/01/18	EF1	Aurora, Missouri	MO	0.5 mi	50 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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