YearFinal SPC data

2024

1,805 tornadoes in 2024, with 9,010 hail and 20,099 wind reports, from the NOAA SPC severe weather database.

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

Tornado deaths

EF0 594 EF1 767 EF2 141 EF3 43 EF4 4 EFU 256

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

2024 against the years around it and the 1991 to 2020 average

20241991 to 2020 average2019 to 2025 (other years)

1,805 tornadoes in 2024, 47% 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	12/28/24	97	0	1	EF3	AL, GA, LA, MS, TX
2	04/26/24	71	1	1	EF4	IA, KS, MO, NE, OK, TX
3	04/27/24	64	1	4	EF4	KS, MO, OK, TX
4	05/08/24	63	0	1	EF3	AL, GA, IL, KS, KY, MO, NC, OK, SC, TN +1
5	07/15/24	62	0	0	EF2	IA, IL, IN, MN, NY, WI
6	05/06/24	58	1	2	EF4	AR, IA, KS, MO, NE, OK, SD, TN
7	05/23/24	55	0	0	EF2	AR, IA, ND, NE, OK, TX
8	04/02/24	52	0	0	EF2	AL, GA, IL, IN, KY, OH, TN, WV
9	05/26/24	52	0	1	EF3	AL, AR, IL, IN, KY, MO, OH, TN, VA, WI +1
10	07/08/24	52	0	2	EF2	AR, LA, MO, MS, TX
11	10/09/24	43	0	6	EF3	FL
12	05/25/24	40	0	14	EF3	AR, KS, MO, OK, PA, TX
13	05/21/24	38	1	5	EF4	IA, MN, MO, NE, OK, WI
14	05/07/24	37	0	0	EF2	AR, IL, IN, MI, OH, PA, WI, WV
15	04/01/24	32	0	0	EF2	AR, IL, IN, KY, MO, OK

Busiest severe weather days

tornado, hail and wind reports together

#	Day	All reports	Tornadoes	Hail	Wind	Largest hail	Top gust
1	05/26/24	1,081	52	210	819	4 in	96 kt (110 mph)
2	07/15/24	909	62	63	784	2.5 in	91 kt (105 mph)
3	05/08/24	774	63	325	386	4 in	87 kt (100 mph)
4	03/14/24	568	29	341	198	6 in	75 kt (86 mph)
5	05/21/24	554	38	145	371	3 in	87 kt (100 mph)
6	07/16/24	531	14	22	495	2 in	83 kt (96 mph)
7	05/06/24	510	58	132	320	4 in	91 kt (105 mph)
8	05/23/24	497	55	159	283	3.5 in	103 kt (119 mph)
9	06/25/24	494	12	142	340	4.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
10	06/26/24	487	9	21	457	2 in	87 kt (100 mph)
11	05/09/24	485	21	193	271	6.12 in	96 kt (110 mph)
12	01/09/24	477	17	3	457	1 in	100 kt (115 mph)
13	05/25/24	470	40	197	233	3.5 in	87 kt (100 mph)
14	07/31/24	395	1	79	315	6 in	87 kt (100 mph)
15	05/22/24	390	5	171	214	3 in	87 kt (100 mph)

Largest hail

top 15

#	Date	Size	Place
1	06/02/24	7.02 in	Swisher County, TX
2	05/09/24	6.12 in	Blanco County, TX
3	03/14/24	6 in	Pontotoc County, OK
4	06/02/24	6 in	Briscoe County, TX
5	07/31/24	6 in	Stevens County, MN
6	05/09/24	5 in	Blanco County, TX
7	05/28/24	5 in	Hockley County, TX
8	07/31/24	5 in	Stevens County, MN
9	03/14/24	4.5 in	Pontotoc County, OK
10	04/01/24	4.5 in	Wise County, TX
11	04/20/24	4.5 in	Robeson County, NC
12	05/01/24	4.5 in	Gove County, KS
13	05/09/24	4.5 in	Hood County, TX
14	05/09/24	4.5 in	Hill County, TX
15	05/09/24	4.5 in	Blount County, AL

Strongest wind gusts

top 15, measured first on ties

#	Date	Gust	mph	Type	Place
1	05/29/24	104 kt	120	Estimated	Hockley County, TX
2	05/29/24	104 kt	120	Estimated	Greeley County, KS
3	05/20/24	103 kt	119	Estimated	Dundy County, NE
4	05/23/24	103 kt	119	Estimated	Red Willow County, NE
5	01/09/24	100 kt	115	Estimated	Jeff Davis County, GA
6	05/16/24	100 kt	115	Estimated	Ector County, TX
7	06/08/24	97 kt	112	Estimated	Kit Carson County, CO
8	04/02/24	96 kt	110	Estimated	Fayette County, WV
9	05/10/24	96 kt	110	Estimated	Santa Rosa County, FL
10	05/10/24	96 kt	110	Estimated	Santa Rosa County, FL
11	05/13/24	96 kt	110	Estimated	Marion County, MS
12	05/13/24	96 kt	110	Estimated	Jefferson Davis County, MS
13	05/23/24	96 kt	110	Estimated	Red Willow County, NE
14	05/26/24	96 kt	110	Estimated	Fayette County, WV
15	05/30/24	96 kt	110	Estimated	Midland County, TX

F4/EF4 and stronger

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
04/26/24	EF4	Yutan, NE to Missouri Valley, IA	NE, IA	31.9 mi	1,900 yd	0	4
04/27/24	EF4	Marietta to Dickson, Oklahoma	OK	26.8 mi	900 yd	1	6
05/06/24	EF4	Cleveland to Dewey, Oklahoma	OK	40.8 mi	1,700 yd	2	33
05/21/24	EF4	Villisca to Greenfield, Iowa	IA	40.7 mi	1,600 yd	5	35

Deadliest tornadoes

Date	Rating	Tornado	State	Length	Width	Deaths	Injuries
05/25/24	EF3	Bowie to Pilot Point, Texas	TX	47.3 mi	1,400 yd	7	80
10/09/24	EF3	Fort Pierce South to Indian River Shores, Florida	FL	21.2 mi	500 yd	6	0
05/21/24	EF4	Villisca to Greenfield, Iowa	IA	40.7 mi	1,600 yd	5	35
05/26/24	EF3	Harrison to Summit, Arkansas	AR	21.6 mi	2,000 yd	4	1
03/14/24	EF3	Wapakoneta to West Mansfield, Ohio	OH	31.3 mi	1,000 yd	3	27
04/27/24	EF3	Holdenville to Okemah, Oklahoma	OK	27.9 mi	1,760 yd	2	4
05/06/24	EF4	Cleveland to Dewey, Oklahoma	OK	40.8 mi	1,700 yd	2	33
05/10/24	EF2	Midway to Tallahassee, Florida	FL	24.8 mi	1,400 yd	2	0
05/25/24	EF3	Owasso to Pryor Creek, Oklahoma	OK	23.9 mi	2,000 yd	2	23
07/08/24	EF2	Ringgold to Plain Dealing, Louisiana	LA	52.9 mi	800 yd	2	1
09/26/24	EF1	Uvalda to Glenwood, Georgia	GA	0.7 mi	75 yd	2	0
01/09/24	EF2	Chipley, FL to Ashford, AL	FL, AL	34.8 mi	1,000 yd	1	10
01/09/24	EF1	Claremont to Catawba, North Carolina	NC	9.0 mi	250 yd	1	4
03/14/24	EF3	Farmland, IN to Covington, OH	IN, OH	41.3 mi	700 yd	1	39
04/26/24	EF3	Underwood to Manilla, Iowa	IA	40.3 mi	1,900 yd	1	3

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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