YearFinal SPC data

2023

1,321 tornadoes in 2023, with 11,760 hail and 21,207 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

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

Tornado deaths

EF0 442 EF1 448 EF2 132 EF3 29 EF4 2 EFU 268

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

2023 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20231991 to 2020 average2018 to 2025 (other years)

1,321 tornadoes in 2023, 7% 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	03/31/23	138	1	25	EF4	AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, MS, OH, TN +1
2	06/21/23	45	0	4	EF3	CO, NE, SD, TX, WY
3	01/12/23	41	0	11	EF3	AL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN
4	06/15/23	39	0	3	EF3	AL, FL, LA, MI, MS, OH, OK, TX
5	05/12/23	34	0	1	EF2	KS, NE, OK, TX
6	04/19/23	32	0	1	EF3	IA, KS, OK
7	05/11/23	32	0	0	EF1	AR, CO, KS, LA, NE, OK, TX
8	01/03/23	29	0	0	EF2	AL, GA, IL, MS
9	06/23/23	24	0	0	EF3	CO, ID, KS, NE, WY
10	08/24/23	24	0	2	EF2	FL, MI, ND, OH, PA
11	07/28/23	22	0	0	EF1	IA, IL, IN, NE, OH, WI
12	05/13/23	20	0	0	EF0	IA, IL, NM, OK
13	08/07/23	20	0	0	EF3	KS, KY, NC, NJ, NY, PA, TN, WV
14	03/24/23	19	1	23	EF4	AL, MS, TN
15	02/26/23	19	0	1	EF2	KS, MO, OK, TX

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	08/07/23	1,092	20	184	888	4.75 in	91 kt (105 mph)
2	03/31/23	819	138	269	412	3.5 in	103 kt (119 mph)
3	06/25/23	771	8	204	559	4.5 in	96 kt (110 mph)
4	07/28/23	739	22	171	546	4.5 in	83 kt (96 mph)
5	07/20/23	648	3	133	512	2.75 in	100 kt (115 mph)
6	06/29/23	590	8	89	493	2.75 in	104 kt (120 mph)
7	06/17/23	550	12	123	415	4 in	87 kt (100 mph)
8	09/07/23	550	0	96	454	1.75 in	75 kt (86 mph)
9	06/15/23	547	39	232	276	5.9 in	90 kt (104 mph)
10	08/12/23	536	15	80	441	3 in	78 kt (90 mph)
11	07/29/23	518	3	17	498	1.75 in	78 kt (90 mph)
12	06/14/23	514	12	174	328	4.88 in	87 kt (100 mph)
13	07/13/23	511	6	199	306	3.25 in	80 kt (92 mph)
14	04/04/23	492	17	398	77	4 in	78 kt (90 mph)
15	05/07/23	491	13	303	175	3.25 in	70 kt (81 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	06/15/23	5.9 in	Denton County, TX
2	06/13/23	5.5 in	Wheeler County, TX
3	08/08/23	5.25 in	Yuma County, CO
4	06/12/23	5 in	Tarrant County, TX
5	07/17/23	5 in	Cass County, MO
6	06/14/23	4.88 in	Noxubee County, MS
7	08/07/23	4.75 in	Caroline County, VA
8	06/16/23	4.6 in	Lowndes County, MS
9	04/25/23	4.5 in	Dickens County, TX
10	04/26/23	4.5 in	McLennan County, TX
11	05/12/23	4.5 in	Pawnee County, NE
12	06/13/23	4.5 in	Gray County, TX
13	06/21/23	4.5 in	Motley County, TX
14	06/23/23	4.5 in	Lubbock County, TX
15	06/25/23	4.5 in	Searcy County, AR

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	05/31/23	113 kt	130	Estimated	Lea County, NM
2	05/31/23	109 kt	125	Estimated	Lea County, NM
3	05/31/23	109 kt	125	Estimated	Lea County, NM
4	06/21/23	109 kt	125	Estimated	Sioux County, ND
5	06/21/23	104 kt	120	Estimated	Kent County, TX
6	06/29/23	104 kt	120	Estimated	Dundy County, NE
7	06/29/23	104 kt	120	Estimated	Hancock County, IL
8	06/29/23	104 kt	120	Estimated	Hancock County, IL
9	06/29/23	104 kt	120	Estimated	Hancock County, IL
10	03/31/23	103 kt	119	Estimated	Bureau County, IL
11	03/31/23	103 kt	119	Estimated	Louisa County, IA
12	05/31/23	103 kt	119	Estimated	Lea County, NM
13	05/31/23	103 kt	119	Estimated	Lea County, NM
14	05/31/23	103 kt	119	Estimated	Lea County, NM
15	06/02/23	103 kt	119	Estimated	Pecos County, TX

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/24/23	EF4	Rolling Fork to Tchula, Mississippi	MS	59.2 mi	1,320 yd	17	165
03/31/23	EF4	Keota to Wellman, Iowa	IA	19.9 mi	700 yd	0	3

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
03/24/23	EF4	Rolling Fork to Tchula, Mississippi	MS	59.2 mi	1,320 yd	17	165
03/31/23	EF3	Middleton to Mount Pleasant, Tennessee	TN	86.0 mi	1,400 yd	9	23
01/12/23	EF3	Autaugaville to La Fayette, Alabama	AL	82.3 mi	1,500 yd	7	16
03/31/23	EF3	Newton, IL to Sullivan, IN	IL, IN	40.9 mi	700 yd	6	16
04/05/23	EF2	Marble Hill, Missouri	MO	20.7 mi	150 yd	5	4
01/12/23	EF2	Griffin to Newborn, Georgia	GA	126 mi	1,400 yd	4	40
03/31/23	EF3	Colt, AR to Brighton, TN	AR, TN	72.6 mi	1,600 yd	4	26
06/21/23	EF3	Matador, Texas	TX	9.1 mi	600 yd	4	15
12/09/23	EF3	Oak Grove, KY to Auburn, KY	TN, KY	47.2 mi	600 yd	4	62
03/24/23	EF3	Lexington to Winona, Mississippi	MS	29.4 mi	1,550 yd	3	5
06/15/23	EF3	Perryton, Texas	TX	6.3 mi	880 yd	3	100
12/09/23	EF2	Nashville to Hartsville, Tennessee	TN	34.8 mi	400 yd	3	22
03/24/23	EF3	Okolona to Smithville, Mississippi	MS	36.6 mi	1,600 yd	2	55
03/31/23	EF3	Spencer to Gosport, Indiana	IN	5.9 mi	400 yd	2	2
08/24/23	EF2	Williamston to Fowlerville, Michigan	MI	12.0 mi	500 yd	2	4

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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