Monday, April 4, 2011

Tornado Days

I went through the tornado database and found the number of tornado days for every month of every year since 1950.  I may post a more thorough breakdown at some point, but for now, here are some highlights.

Most tornado days in a month:

Jan:   2; 1965
Feb:  1; 1956, 1959, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1976, 1992, 2006, 2008, 2009
Mar:  4; 1955
Apr:  4; 1963, 1965
May:  7; 2003
Jun:  10; 1973
Jul:  5; 1992, 2003
Aug:  3; 1991, 1997, 2003
Sep:  3; 1959
Oct:  2; 1979, 1988
Nov:  2; 1965, 2005
Dec:  2; 1967


Most tornado days in a year:

1.  21; 1973
2.  20; 1954
3.  19; 1965
4.  17; 2003
5.  15; 1961


Most consecutive days with a tornado:

3; June 12-14, 1954 / May 27-29, 1973 / May 8-10, 2003 / July 8-10, 2003

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