YearFinal SPC data

2022

1,167 tornadoes in 2022, with 7,179 hail and 17,590 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

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

Tornado deaths

EF0 408 EF1 457 EF2 123 EF3 20 EF4 4 EFU 155

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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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

2022 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20221991 to 2020 average2017 to 2025 (other years)

1,167 tornadoes in 2022, 5% 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	03/30/22	78	0	2	EF3	AL, AR, FL, IL, IN, LA, MS, TN, TX
2	04/05/22	65	1	1	EF4	AL, GA, MS, SC
3	03/22/22	40	0	1	EF3	AL, LA, MS, TX
4	04/13/22	40	0	0	EF2	AL, AR, IN, KY, LA, MO, MS, OK
5	03/21/22	37	0	2	EF3	OK, TX
6	05/12/22	32	0	0	EF2	IA, MN, ND, SD
7	12/14/22	32	0	1	EF2	AL, FL, GA, LA, MS
8	05/30/22	31	0	0	EF3	MN, SD
9	12/13/22	31	0	2	EF3	LA, MS, TX
10	11/04/22	30	2	2	EF4	AR, LA, OK, TX
11	04/12/22	28	0	0	EF3	AR, IA, LA, MN, NE, TX
12	11/29/22	23	0	2	EF3	AL, LA, MS
13	03/05/22	22	1	7	EF4	IA, IL, IN, OH, WI
14	04/29/22	21	0	0	EF3	FL, KS, NE
15	05/04/22	19	0	0	EF3	OK, TX

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	06/17/22	733	1	60	672	3 in	65 kt (75 mph)
2	05/12/22	603	32	129	442	2.5 in	109 kt (125 mph)
3	06/13/22	603	7	113	483	4 in	113 kt (130 mph)
4	06/16/22	522	5	119	398	3 in	96 kt (110 mph)
5	07/12/22	510	2	72	436	4 in	96 kt (110 mph)
6	07/23/22	499	5	57	437	3 in	76 kt (87 mph)
7	04/12/22	426	28	258	140	5.68 in	87 kt (100 mph)
8	06/07/22	410	17	208	185	4 in	80 kt (92 mph)
9	05/19/22	403	13	250	140	3 in	87 kt (100 mph)
10	04/13/22	399	40	26	333	2.75 in	83 kt (96 mph)
11	05/06/22	393	12	103	278	2.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)
12	08/29/22	383	1	20	362	1.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)
13	05/21/22	374	7	129	238	2 in	78 kt (90 mph)
14	05/30/22	370	31	81	258	2 in	78 kt (90 mph)
15	07/05/22	362	7	41	314	4 in	86 kt (99 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	05/29/22	6 in	Loup County, NE
2	04/12/22	5.68 in	Bell County, TX
3	05/29/22	5 in	Loup County, NE
4	06/11/22	5 in	Gage County, NE
5	04/11/22	4.5 in	Logan County, AR
6	05/15/22	4.5 in	Okfuskee County, OK
7	06/12/22	4.5 in	Pennington County, SD
8	04/15/22	4.25 in	Fulton County, AR
9	05/29/22	4.25 in	Loup County, NE
10	04/12/22	4 in	Bell County, TX
11	04/15/22	4 in	Fulton County, AR
12	04/15/22	4 in	Craighead County, AR
13	04/21/22	4 in	Polk County, MO
14	04/29/22	4 in	Kearney County, NE
15	04/29/22	4 in	Dickinson County, KS

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	06/14/22	113 kt	130	Estimated	Brown County, SD
2	05/12/22	109 kt	125	Estimated	McCook County, SD
3	06/14/22	104 kt	120	Measured	Edmunds County, SD
4	06/14/22	104 kt	120	Measured	Brown County, SD
5	06/12/22	104 kt	120	Estimated	Jones County, SD
6	06/14/22	104 kt	120	Estimated	Tuscarawas County, OH
7	06/14/22	104 kt	120	Estimated	Tuscarawas County, OH
8	07/10/22	104 kt	120	Estimated	Billings County, ND
9	06/11/22	100 kt	115	Estimated	Riley County, KS
10	04/29/22	96 kt	110	Estimated	Greenwood County, KS
11	05/12/22	96 kt	110	Estimated	Lake County, SD
12	06/14/22	96 kt	110	Estimated	Dickey County, ND
13	06/15/22	96 kt	110	Estimated	Menominee County, MI
14	06/16/22	96 kt	110	Estimated	Juniata County, PA
15	07/12/22	96 kt	110	Estimated	Kent County, DE

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/05/22	EF4	Winterset to Newton, Iowa	IA	70.6 mi	900 yd	6	5
04/05/22	EF4	Pembroke to Bloomingdale, Georgia	GA	14.4 mi	1,300 yd	1	12
11/04/22	EF4	Honey Grove, TX to Fort Towson, OK	TX, OK	44.7 mi	1,700 yd	0	11
11/04/22	EF4	Bogata, TX to De Queen, AR	TX, OK	60.2 mi	1,056 yd	0	13

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/05/22	EF4	Winterset to Newton, Iowa	IA	70.6 mi	900 yd	6	5
03/31/22	EF3	Chipley to Cottondale, Florida	FL	12.1 mi	200 yd	2	1
05/20/22	EF3	Mancelona to Gaylord, Michigan	MI	17.5 mi	200 yd	2	44
11/30/22	EF2	Coosada to Redland, Alabama	AL	9.9 mi	700 yd	2	2
12/13/22	EF2	Stonewall, Louisiana	LA	3.5 mi	700 yd	2	2
02/03/22	EF2	Forkland to Moundville, Alabama	AL	25.9 mi	1,700 yd	1	8
03/05/22	EF3	Chariton to Russell, Iowa	IA	11.3 mi	350 yd	1	1
03/21/22	EF2	Pottsboro, TX to Kingston, OK	TX, OK	5.1 mi	200 yd	1	11
03/21/22	EF2	Crockett to Grapeland, Texas	TX	19.1 mi	200 yd	1	10
03/22/22	EF3	Gretna to New Orleans, Louisiana	LA	11.5 mi	320 yd	1	2
04/05/22	EF4	Pembroke to Bloomingdale, Georgia	GA	14.4 mi	1,300 yd	1	12
11/04/22	EF2	Wright City to Talihina, Oklahoma	OK	2.8 mi	800 yd	1	1
11/04/22	EF3	Daingerfield to Naples, Texas	TX	16.9 mi	650 yd	1	8
12/14/22	EF2	Gramercy to Kenner, Louisiana	LA	9.9 mi	75 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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